I’m ordinary. You’re ordinary.
We are just normal people. But what I’ve realized is that God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways - that is always what makes miracles so miraculous!
Elijah was an ordinary man who walked closely with God. He had an intimate relationship with God. He prayed that it would not rain and God held the rain for 3 and a half years!
Peter and John were ordinary fishermen. When God used Peter to heal a crippled beggar, they were called in front of the Sanhedrin and questioned. Acts 4:13 - When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Wow. Just seeing the boldness and courage in their lives was a testimony that they walked with Jesus. I want people to look at me and know I walk with Jesus. I want my walk with Jesus advertised in every aspect of my life and written all over my face. I want my life to be a testimony of life with Jesus.
In the words of Dwight L. Moody: “If God could use Mr. Spurgeon [Charles H. Spurgeon], why should He not use the rest of us, and why should we not all just lay ourselves at the Master’s feet, and say to Him, “Send me! Use me!”
You don’t have to be a Dwight Moody for God to use you. Dwight Moody was a poor, uneducated shoe salesman who wanted to be used by God, willingly gave over his life and asked God to use him, and now look at the legacy he left behind! He was an ordinary person who sought to be used by God and is now considered one of the greatest evangelists of all time!
All God wants is a genuinely willing heart... a heart that seeks to serve Him and glorify Him. When you doubt and don’t believe anything amazing can happen through your ordinary life, you are saying much more about your belief in God than your belief in yourself.
Don’t doubt God.
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