Have you ever felt that God couldn't use you to
serve Him because you were just too ordinary?
Gospel singer Danniebelle Hall sang :
Just ordinary people
God uses ordinary people
He chooses people just like me and you
Who are willing to do as He commands
God uses people that will give Him all
No matter how small your all may seem to you
Because little becomes much as you place it in the Master's hand
God uses ordinary people
He chooses people just like me and you
Who are willing to do as He commands
God uses people that will give Him all
No matter how small your all may seem to you
Because little becomes much as you place it in the Master's hand
Just like that little lad
Who gave Jesus all he had
How the multitude was fed
With the fish and the loaves of bread
What you have may not seem much
But when you yield it to the touch
Of the Master's loving hand, yes,
Then you'll understand How your life could never be the same
Who gave Jesus all he had
How the multitude was fed
With the fish and the loaves of bread
What you have may not seem much
But when you yield it to the touch
Of the Master's loving hand, yes,
Then you'll understand How your life could never be the same
When I was in seminary, I studied with a group of truly
powerful, gifted, dynamic, successful pastors, ministers, singers and leaders. I told myself, “I’ll never be where
they’re at, because I’m not that gifted or inspired” I listened to my negative
self-talk and walked away before I could even find my own voice and stride in
ministry. I felt I was becoming a carbon copy, cookie cutter version of my
elders who had been in ministry for years. Here it is almost 20 years later and
I am now finding my voice, my footing, my passion and my purpose in Christ.
I've also discovered that God loves to
use the ordinary.
The story of Isaac is in the Bible to show
how God can use an ordinary person; the everyday man. Seriously, if
Isaac was a man of today...we'd walk past him and never give him a second thought. Isaac was a basic, ordinary son of a famous
father, and the basic, ordinary father of a famous son.
Genesis 26 was mainly written to show Israel how God
was faithfully honoring His covenant. Isaac was slow to follow God as opposed
to his son Jacob who tended to run ahead
of God. In spite of Isaac’s slow response and even in his sin, God blessed Isaac
because of His promise to Abraham. Abraham’s descendants would be blessed
because of their relationship to him; but, like Isaac, they had to grow in
faith and obedience.
God’s blesses people, so they can become a blessing to
others.
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