A New Chariot

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“… and their wheels like a whirlwind:” – Isaiah 5:28b; “

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind …” – Isaiah 66:15 a

There is nothing like the look, feel, and smell of a new car. Nor is there any sensation quite like the purr of her engine. She is fresh and shiny and new and she moves down the freeway like the whirlwind until one day, that car is worn out, faded, musty, and dented. The engine no longer hums. She can’t quite get up to speed. No longer can that new Ford or Chevrolet be compared to a wheel like a whirlwind. Now it is used. It is a trade-in or worse, something to be discarded for scrap at the local wrecking yard.

Its days of useful service are over.

God used Isaiah to describe an army in its prime – something to be feared and admired. Its wheels were like a whirlwind.

But even the best of equipment gets old, rusty, and useless. What was once functional becomes a mere decoration.

Are you a functional servant of Jesus Christ or a pretty decoration in your church?

It doesn’t really matter whether you look, smell, or feel new. What matters is that you are available to God. He has not made you to occupy space, but to fill your place of service. It doesn’t matter how old, tired, and beat up you are,

God can use you and you can be one of his chariots of fire