Stay Handy To God
 

STAY HANDY TO GOD

A man and his grandson were in the woodshop. “Tommy, said the

grandfather, “I need you to hand me a tool.” “Where is the tool?”

young Tommy asked. It’s up there to your left a little bit. No—

no—just…a little higher,” he instructed.



Finally, he said, “Never mind, I did it with this screwdriver.”



When Tommy turned around, his granddad was at the other end of

the workbench. “Tommy, I didn’t use this screwdriver because it

was the best tool for the job,” he said. “I used this screwdriver

because it was close to my hand. I want you to remember this: it’s

the handy tool that gets used the most.”



Then he put the screwdriver down and said, “There are a lot of

folks out there with the ability to do great things for God, but God

will end up using some old, common man who is willing to stay

close to Him. It’s the handy tool that gets used the most. Your job

is to stay handy to God, to stay close to His hand.”



--adapted from “Reflections of Faith