ORDINARY
TO EXTRAORDINARY
At that moment he was filled with joy
by the Ruach HaKodesh and said,
“Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
I thank you because you concealed these things from the
sophisticated and educated,
yet revealed them to ordinary people.
Yes, Father, I thank you
that it pleased you to do this.
Luke 10:21 (CJB)
People often compare
themselves to the Apostles and early disciples and lament that there is no way
they could have Stephen’s faith, or preach like Peter, or survive persecution
like Paul. They forget that Stephen was an ordinary man chosen to serve as a
deacon to take care of widows until the Lord filled him with extraordinary
faith to become the first Christian martyr. Peter was a simple fisherman who
had never attended a rabbinical school, but Jesus entrusted him with feeding
(instructing) His lambs, the people for which He gave His life. Paul had been
the chief persecutor of the early church until Jesus appeared to him on the
road to Damascus, then literally and figuratively removed the scales from his
eyes, making him a bold proponent of the way of the cross. The Lord has
purposely chosen to reveal Himself to ordinary people rather than those who are
“wise in their own eyes” (Isaiah 5:21). Jesus is the X factor that makes
ordinary people extraordinary in His service!
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