Read Proverbs 3:27

Matthew Henry wrote: "Wherever the Providence of God casts us, we should desire and endeavour to be useful; and, when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. And he that is faithful in a little shall be entrusted with more."

That thought moves me. 

If you can't do the good you would, do the good you can. 

You may have had big-time plans in your life—major league dreams that haven't panned out. 

You were going to write a bestselling book, but the opportunities just haven't come along. Are you willing to write for your church newsletter? 

Maybe you wanted to teach in seminary or Bible school, but the pressures of life forced you in a different direction. Are you willing to teach a Sunday school class?

Maybe you'd hoped to be a missionary...but for one reason or another, that door has never opened.... Are you open to working with Hispanic or Vietnamese people in your own city?

Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.