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God of the Invisible Bible in a Year: Genesis 20–22 Matthew 6:19–34 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people. Hebrews 6:10 Today's Scripture & Insight: John 1:35–42 “Sometimes I feel as if I’m invisible. But I so want God to use me.” Ann was tidying up the exercise room at the hotel I was visiting when we struck up a conversation. As we talked, I discovered she had an amazing story. “I used to be a crack addict and living on the streets,” she said. “But I knew God wanted me to put down my pipe and walk with Him. One day years ago I knelt at Jesus’ feet, and He set me free.” I thanked Ann for sharing what God had done for her and assured her she wasn’t invisible—He had used her in our conversation in a beautiful way to remind me of His power to transform lives. God loves to use people others might overlook. The apostle Andrew isn’t as well known as his brother Peter, but the Bible recounts that “the first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon [Peter] and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’. . . . And he brought him to Jesus” (John 1:41–42). Peter met Jesus through Andrew. When Andrew, one of John the Baptist’s disciples, learned about Jesus from John, he followed Jesus and believed—and immediately told his brother. Andrew’s quiet faithfulness had an impact that would shake the world. God values faithful service over fame. He can use us powerfully wherever we are—even when no one is looking. Reflect & Pray Whose quiet faithfulness made a difference in your life? How can you serve God by serving someone else today? Thank You for never overlooking me, Father! I’m thankful You can use me to make a difference wherever I am. 
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I have been both in the pulpit and in the background, and I much prefer the latter. In fact, if I could do all our giving anonymously, that would be my preference. Either way, the glory is all to the Lord, who inspires us to do good works..... not to gain His approval or secure our salvation, but because we already have it. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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I also preferring doing God's work in the background. Sometimes we make more of an impact that we think. Abracadabra 
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