Nature abhors a vacuum, says the scientist; so does God, says the Bible. When the invited ones failed to show up for the banquet, the host said to the servants, "Go out into the highways ... and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled" (Luke 14:23). God's will is, "My house will be filled." God's way is, "If the people don't respond, get others." When Israel would not respond to Christ's message, God turned to the Gentiles and gave them the "vineyard that the Israelites violated." If John Doe does not respond to the gospel invitation, Jane Dow will; God's house must be "filled." If Judas will not become an apostle, Saul of Tarsus will. If the church at Ephesus grows lukewarm and cold and leave s its first love, Christ will remove the lights from it and give it to another church that will manifest it (Revelation 2:5).

I have often been guilty of the sin of indispensability. I have treated potential converts as converts, church leaders as indispensable leaders, friends as indispensable friends. In God's eyes there are no indispensable people. All are expendable. I cannot claim such a privileged position with God that He cannot afford to bypass me in the ongoing of His work. I must at all times prove to Him that I am not castaway material (1 Corinthians 9:27). I must never abandone the conditions on which fruitful servantship rest, and never give myself the luxury of feeling that God's work will die when I die. God abhors that kind of a vacuum, and he will quickly fill it with someone else. My joy in all this is that God's purpose will never fall short: "He will not fail or be discouraged until he brings justice to victory" (Isaiah 42:4, author's trans,; of matthew 12:20). His victory is my rest, and His unfailing purpose my delight.

"If I speak with the tongue of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or clanging cymbal" (1 Corinthians 13:1). *AMEN*

...Really! what more could you ask for? I know we all want to be contented with our lives, but sometimes we try too hard to do things that God is really not interested in. He's got other plans for us, plans that include bringing His message of salvation to the world. If you're doing that, and someone is being trasformed and converted to Christians, then you're doing just fine. Don't do things and say that you've done all these good things, and God hasn't rewarded you, or have done what you expected of Him. You cannot receive grace by works, its a free gift that God gives sovereignly, not based on all the things you've mentioned doing. Your motive for doing good things should be because of your love for God, not to receive pay. You will reap what you have sown, according to God's word, so don't doubt God's promises to bless those who're doing His will. You have to examine your ways of doing things, and maybe you'll discover a flaw in your method of service to God, and not that God is unfaithful to His promises. Lord, we ask and pray that You would reveal Your plans and purposes to Brother wadsworth, so that he will understand that he needs a new action plan to render the service that you ask of us. In Jesus' name I pray that you give him clarity in his frustrations. *AMEN*