Does God need us?

William Carey, the father of modern missions, pressed a question the church still has to answer: if God can do whatever He wants, why does He still put us in the equation?

In Acts 14:8–20, Paul and Barnabas arrive in Lystra and God uses extraordinary means to open a door for the gospel. A lame man walks. The crowd, shaped by a local legend about Zeus and Hermes, tries to worship the messengers instead of the Message. Paul and Barnabas refuse the pedestal and point the power away from themselves. Then the mood turns, Paul is left for dead—and he gets up. God is gracious even before the message is fully understood, and He works the extraordinary through the ordinary.

This week we also remember that God has always used unexpected means for His purposes: a talking donkey, an orphan girl who saved her people, and His own Son born of a virgin. He can use whatever He wants to reach people. He has chosen us.

The Great Commission gives us the mission.
The Great Commandment gives us the motive.
The Gospel is the message.

That calling is not a detour from God’s design. It goes back to the creation mandate: we were made to represent Him and rule on His behalf. One of the most extraordinary things God is doing today is not a spectacle on a stage. It is that He is still using ordinary people to carry the good news to a specific face—someone He has placed in your life.

Who has God called you to reach?