“Dear Lord, I refuse henceforth to compete with any of Thy servants. They have congregations larger than mine. So be it. I rejoice in their success. They have greater gifts. Very well. That is not in their power nor in mine. I am humbly grateful for their greater gifts and my smaller ones. I only pray that I may use to Thy glory such modest gifts as I possess. I will not compare myself with any, nor try to build up my self-esteem by noting where I may excel one or another in Thy holy work. I herewith make a blanket disavowal of all intrinsic worth. I am but an unprofitable servant. I gladly go to the foot of the cross and own myself the least of Thy people. If I err in my self judgment and actually underestimate myself I do not want to know it. I purpose to pray for others and to rejoice in their prosperity as if it were my own. And indeed it is my own if it is Thine own, for what is Thine is mine, and while one plants and another waters it is Thou alone that giveth the increase.”
A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963)
As Christians, we all must realize that it is the lesser parts that are most necessary; for without them, the body could not work. If a foot had no toes, a person would have no balance. If the hand had no fingers, of what use would the hand be? If a head had no eyes, how would it see? No ears, it could not hear, and no lips, how would it speak? The lesser parts are by far the most important…and we always must remember this.