Scripture reminds us time and again that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things,
God used Moses to deliver His chosen people from bondage,
Even Moses was reluctant to heed that call at first.
Exodus 4:10 (NET) - Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
Nevertheless, God used Moses to fulfill His purpose.
When the giant Goliath filled Saul’s army with fear, God provided someone to defeat him.
God did not send in a seasoned veteran of many campaigns.
God used David, a young shepherd, though Saul protested at first.
1 Samuel 17:33 (NET) - But Saul replied to David, "You aren’t able to go against the Philistine and fight him! You're just a boy! He has been a warrior since his youth!"
Nevertheless, God used David to slay Goliath.
God chose these men and provided them with skills to accomplish His purpose.
He also provided them with the tools with which to prevail.
These tools, to casual observers, must have seemed poor at best.
Yet when blessed by God and in the hands of God’s chosen they brought about complete and total victory.
In David’s case the tool was a simple shepherd’s sling.
Saul provided David with a helmet and armor.
David was not able to use them.
David used the tools God gave him and even Goliath fatally underestimated David’s skill in using them.
David obtained victory because he knew he did not fight Goliath on his own.
He prevailed because he knew God was with him.
1 Samuel 17: 50 (NET) - David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and a stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.
In the case of Moses, the tool God provided him was a simple staff.
Moses used this staff to part the waters to provide the people a means of escaping Pharaoh’s pursuing army.
Exodus 14:16 (NET) - "And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground."
After the people made good their escape, God had Moses use that same staff to defeat Pharaoh’s army once and for all.
Exodus 14:27 (NET) - So Moses extended his hand toward the sea and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
God indeed uses ordinary people with ordinary tools to accomplish His purpose.
Even today He uses similar combinations to bring Him glory.
What ordinary tool has He given you.
Is it a pen or a keyboard?
Perhaps it is a paintbrush and canvas?
Could it be a chisel and a block of stone or a simple lump of clay?
Is it a musical instrument?
Perhaps it is your voice raised in song or spoken word?
Whatever tool you have, God can use both it and you to bring Him glory.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
http://otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com
God used Moses to deliver His chosen people from bondage,
Even Moses was reluctant to heed that call at first.
Exodus 4:10 (NET) - Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
Nevertheless, God used Moses to fulfill His purpose.
When the giant Goliath filled Saul’s army with fear, God provided someone to defeat him.
God did not send in a seasoned veteran of many campaigns.
God used David, a young shepherd, though Saul protested at first.
1 Samuel 17:33 (NET) - But Saul replied to David, "You aren’t able to go against the Philistine and fight him! You're just a boy! He has been a warrior since his youth!"
Nevertheless, God used David to slay Goliath.
God chose these men and provided them with skills to accomplish His purpose.
He also provided them with the tools with which to prevail.
These tools, to casual observers, must have seemed poor at best.
Yet when blessed by God and in the hands of God’s chosen they brought about complete and total victory.
In David’s case the tool was a simple shepherd’s sling.
Saul provided David with a helmet and armor.
David was not able to use them.
David used the tools God gave him and even Goliath fatally underestimated David’s skill in using them.
David obtained victory because he knew he did not fight Goliath on his own.
He prevailed because he knew God was with him.
1 Samuel 17: 50 (NET) - David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and a stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.
In the case of Moses, the tool God provided him was a simple staff.
Moses used this staff to part the waters to provide the people a means of escaping Pharaoh’s pursuing army.
Exodus 14:16 (NET) - "And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground."
After the people made good their escape, God had Moses use that same staff to defeat Pharaoh’s army once and for all.
Exodus 14:27 (NET) - So Moses extended his hand toward the sea and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
God indeed uses ordinary people with ordinary tools to accomplish His purpose.
Even today He uses similar combinations to bring Him glory.
What ordinary tool has He given you.
Is it a pen or a keyboard?
Perhaps it is a paintbrush and canvas?
Could it be a chisel and a block of stone or a simple lump of clay?
Is it a musical instrument?
Perhaps it is your voice raised in song or spoken word?
Whatever tool you have, God can use both it and you to bring Him glory.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
http://otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com
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