“Something out of Nothing”

 


The next time you are at worship, take a look at those that are sitting around you. Among them you will find accountants, doctors, teachers, auto repairmen, custodians, secretaries, and some factory workers. If it were you, would you start a religious      movement with all of these people? For the most part if it were us, we would pick only people who were very educated, charismatic, or people that had a great deal of                  influence within the community. Yet that is the exact opposite of what Jesus did! Isn’t that interesting? He chose people who were fisherman, a tax collector and zealot (I’m not even sure that you can be paid for that?); Jesus chose your ordinary average men to be his focal point, His core and yes even the foundation of His ministry. They may not have been much to look at in the beginning, but in the end (or shall I say at the             beginning of the church), people noticed something about these men that made them different, distinct and as Peter later says somewhat “peculiar.” Jesus is known for that though, isn’t He– making something out of what seems like nothing? He took a        shepherd boy and made a giant killing king. He took a kid’s lunch and fed thousands. He took a pile of dust and made man. I think He has an impeccable track record of       taking small, insignificant things and turning them into something amazing. What has He done with you? I can guarantee He isn’t finished with you yet.

Application: Take a look back in your life at the time when you didn't  have Christ and take notice as to how much your life has changed since then. You may have a long way to go, but if you give Him an open heart and willing soul, He has a great deal to work with!

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