There are No Unimportant People

You were created on purpose, for a purpose.  Sometimes it's tough to accept that fact, especially in a world with such a flimsy view of what success and importance looks like. 

In You're Born an Original (Don't Die a Copy) John Mason helps you to recognise that God has given you unique qualities and encourages you to be brave enough to use them.  Here's a snippet to whet your appetite:

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You’re not insignificant. Never view your life as if Jesus did nothing for you. Make the most of yourself; that’s exactly how God made you. Evan a small star shines in the darkness from millions of miles away. The first and worst of all frauds is to limit oneself.

Too many people never begin what God wants them to do because they are waiting to sing like Sandi Patti, preach like Billy Graham, or write like Max Lucado. God knew what He was doing when He put you together. Use what talents you possess…the woods would be silent if the only birds singing were those that sang the best.

“All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). If you deliberately plan to be less than you’re capable of being, you’ll be frustrated for the rest of your life.

View others in this same light. Each person is valuable and precious. Each person knows something you don’t. Learn from them. We’re all created for achievement and given the seeds for greatness, but each in our own way. What is greatness? What is achievement? Doing what God wants you to do and being where He wants you to be. There are no unimportant people.  (Bold highlighting mine. Anne)

Christians are new creations, not resurfaced sinners. With God’s help, you can be one of His few successes, not one of His thousands of disappointments. Don’t ever forget that God calls you a friend (see John 15:13). What an incredible statement that is! He also says you’re “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps. 139:14).

God made you special for a purpose. He has an assignment for you that no one else can do as well as you can. Out of billions of applicant for the job, you’re the most qualified. You have the right combination of what it takes. God has given each person the measure of faith to do what He’s called them to do. Every person is gifted.

You are never who you ought to be until you are doing what you ought to be doing. God holds us responsible not only for what we have, but for what we could have; not only for who we are, but for who we might be. People are responsible to God for becoming what God has made possible for them to become.

Your life makes a difference. Although we’re all different, no mixture is insignificant. On judgement day, God won’t ask me why I wasn't Joshua, Billy Graham, or Pat Robertson…but why I wasn’t John Mason. Jerry Van Dyke said it best: “The best rose bush is not the one with the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses”

You’re the best person to do what God has called you to do.

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UK Publication Date: December 2011