daily devotional

No One Is Insignificant

Read Proverbs 4:18 

Have you ever noticed how uniquely adapted each animal is to its environment and its way of life? 

On land, a duck waddles along ungainly on its webbed feet. In the water, it glides along smooth as glass. The rabbit runs with ease and great bursts of speed, but I've never seen one swimming laps.

God has placed you in His family and given you a certain mixture that makes you unique. No mixture is insignificant!

That mix pleases Him completely. Nobody else is exactly like you. That should bring you pleasure too.

When you operate in your realm of capabilities, you will excel and the whole Body will benefit...and you will experience incredible satisfaction.

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.