Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Have you ever thought of yourself as someone who is too ordinary for God to use for extraordinary things? If so, you're not alone.

If we look at the Bible, though, we see God using ordinary things and ordinary people as His instruments to accomplish His providential will. He gave Moses a staff to perform miracles. God also gave him a piece of wood to throw in the well at Marah to sweeten the water. Jesus used mud and water from the Pool of Siloam to give sight to a blind man. God used an ordinary shepherd in Moses to free the Hebrews. Jesus chose ordinary fishermen in Andrew, James, John and Peter to be His disciples.

Why didn't God simply do these miracles without the use of ordinary objects? Why didn't Jesus simply speak to the blind man to heal him? Why did God choose ordinary people for such extraordinary things?

God has a beautiful way of showing the great potential in all of us. The potential rests in the supernatural power of God Himself who lives in us - not in our own abilities apart from God. When we realize that we, ordinary people, can be used by a supernatural God to accomplish extraordinary things, we see a glimpse of the depth and height of His marvelous love.

He has chosen you, yes you!