This document discusses why God chooses to use people to accomplish His will. It provides several reasons: 1) God created humans in His image, with abilities and talents, so they can glorify Him and be a part of fulfilling His purposes. 2) While God can accomplish His will without humans, He loves humanity and wants people to share in the honor and rewards of serving Him. 3) God knows each person's needs and gifts, and wants them to use their talents to serve Him and be strengthened by Christ for any task.

1. Why has God
Chosen to Use You?

2. Scripture
15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant
does not know his master’s business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I
learned from my Father I have made known to
you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and
appointed you so that you might go and bear
fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever
you ask in my name the Father will give you.”—
John 15:15, 16 (NIV)
”I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me.”—Philippians 4:13 (New King James)

3. Questions
• If God can accomplish His will with or without
us, why would God use people to accomplish
His will?
• If God can accomplish His will with or without
you, why has God chosen to work through you
to accomplish His will?

4. Maslow’s Pyramid of Human Needs
Self-Actualization—Need to be Creative, Spontaneous, Moral,
Accepted, Experience Purpose, Meaning and Inner Potential.
Self-Esteem—Need to Experience Confidence, Achievement,
Respect of Others, and the Need to be a Unique Individual
Love and Belonging—Need to Experience Intimacy and a Sense
of Connection With Others (Friends, Family, Spouses)
Safety and Security—Need to Feel Safe, be Healthy, and
Experience Social Stability, Have a Family, Be Employed
Physiological Needs—Food, Water, Shelter, Clothing and Sleep

5. God created us in His Image.
• “So God created mankind in his own image, in
the image of God he created them; male and
female he created them.”—Genesis 1:27 (NIV)
• Absent our sinful nature, our virtues are all a
reflection of God’s character.
• Because we have been created in God’s image
we have been endowed by God with an
intellectual curiosity, creativity, imagination, the
ability to love, and a special sense of purpose.

6. God created us to glorify Him.
• “Everyone who is called by my name, whom I
created for my glory, whom I formed and
made.”—Isaiah 43:7 (ESV)
• “If anyone speaks, they should do so as one
who speaks the very words of God. If anyone
serves, they should do so with the strength
God provides, so that in all things God may be
praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the
glory and the power for ever and ever.
Amen”—I Peter 4:11 (NIV)

7. God has given us a unique honor.
• God created each of us with a special purpose.
• God loved us so much that He chose to make us a
part of accomplishing His will.
• “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
been predestined according to the purpose of him
who works all things according to the counsel of
his will”—Ephesians 1:11 (NIV)

8. God will meet our needs.
• God knows exactly what we need—physical,
emotional, intellectual, psychological, and
spiritual—and will provide for all of our needs.
• “And my God will meet all your needs
according to the riches of His glory in Christ
Jesus”—Philippians 4:19 (NIV)

9. The Parable of the Talents
• Each person is given certain abilities, talents
and gifts.
• Each person has certain limitations.
• God gives according to His will and purpose,
and that not all are given to equally.
• God expects us to put our gifts and talents to
work for Him.
• God will give more to those who use their gifts
and will take away from those who do not.

10. Philippians 4:13
”I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.”—(New King James)
• God has endowed us with abilities, talents and
gifts.
• We have the choice to use these abilities, gifts
and talent for Him or not.
• God has given us the honor to share in the
sense of accomplishment of His will.
• We must realize that we can accomplish
anything if Christ gives us the strength.

11. There are Great Rewards for Serving God.
• “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
since you know that you will receive an
inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the
Lord Christ you are serving.”—Colossians 3:23 and
24 (NIV)
• Serving God requires great effort.
• There is no greater reward in life than the
satisfaction you get from using your gifts and
talents in service to God.
• The rewards of serving God are immediate and
eternal.

12. The Bible Teaches
• God created us in His image.
• God created us to glorify Him.
• God created each of us with a special purpose
• God created us and knows our needs better
than we know.
• God will provide for all of our needs: physical,
emotional, intellectual, psychological, and
spiritual.
• God loved us so much that He chose to make
us a part of accomplishing His will.

13. What Can You Do
to Allow God To Use You?
• Decide that You Want to Be a Part of What God
Has In Store for You.
• Unify with Christ.
• Rely on the Holy Spirit.
• Submit Your Will to His.
• Be Obedient In Everything.
• Live an Example Before Others.
• Tell Others About Christ.
• Minister to the Needs of Others.
• Do everything for the glory of God.

14. “The efforts which the Christian makes are not
the doomed attempts of the unsaved to merit
glory. They are the appointed avenue along
which we express outwardly the new life in
Christ which we already possess, and the means
by which we come to enjoy that new life more
completely.”—J. Alec Motyer
The Message of Philippians (The Bible Speaks Today series)

15. What Are You Going to Do?
• If you are Christian, are you allowing God to
accomplish His will in and through your life? If
not, what is keeping you from experiencing
the joy of what can be accomplished through
Christ?
• If you are not a Christian, what is keeping you
from giving your life to Christ this morning?

16. What Are You Going to Do About It?
• There is nothing more important than your
relationship with Jesus Christ.
• There is nothing more important than settling
where you will spend eternity.
• Put your trust in Jesus Christ this morning.
• Satan would love nothing more than for you
to delay your decision.
• You will never have this opportunity again.