Week 157: Ordinary People

Ordinary People

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8

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       Faith in God turns ordinary people into—extraordinary beings.

       The Bible gives accounts of ordinary people who made history doing extraordinary things. For example, Gideon the weakest of his clan was used to save Israel out of the hands of the Midianites. (Judges 6) God made a shepherd boy the King of Israel. (1Samuel) When Jesus chose His disciples, they were ordinary men living ordinary lives: Matthew was a tax collector; Peter, Andrew, James, and John were fishermen. God was able to use these ordinary people because they were obedient to His call.   

    When we are not obedient, we miss out! In John 2:1-10, Jesus’ first recorded miracle was when they ran out of wine at a wedding. Mary told the lowly servants, “Whatsoever He (Jesus) saith unto you, do it.” 

If they had not been obedient and filled the jars with water as they were told, they would have missed a mind-blowing miracle of water turning into wine. 

      Christians should not be deceived into thinking that they are too ordinary to be used by God. If the truth be told, God warns against self-exalted, bigger than life, haughty spirits. (Proverbs 16:18)

                                    Humility bows to God’s glory.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)

God didn’t create us all to be geniuses. God knows our range of intelligence—after all He made us. He placed gifts and talents inside each of us to be used to the scope of our intellect. Therefore, we are all capable of doing whatever God ask us to do. 

If you feel you’re living a dull-boring life, you should ask yourself: “Am I  willing to do God’s will?” There is nothing uninteresting about a life with: Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience running it.            

                           

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is

from God and not from us. II Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)

   

                                    As we go about our lives, keep in mind:

                 We are now the ordinary people who are

                            making tomorrow’s history!

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