To be a Christian is to anticipate God’s surprises. God chooses to use ordinary people to do
extraordinary things. In the Old
Testament, David hardly looked like royal stock. Yet, God allowed him to serve as King of
Israel. He even referred to him as a man
after his own heart. Imagine that – a
murderer and an adulterer!
St. Paul was no saint!
He abused Christians before his Damascus Road experience. Yet, God used “the chief of sinners” to
spread the gospel over Asia and Europe.
Peter did not deserve a halo! He cut the ear off of the High Priest’s
servant and denied his association with Jesus three times. Yet, God saw fit to use him as a witness to
the transformational power of the Holy Spirit.
If you claim to be a “new person in Christ”, you are a
catalyst in the Kingdom of God. God
wants you to fulfil a role that is uniquely yours. We do consist of knowledge, will and
emotions. The will is important. Will you allow God to use you?
I Corinthians 1:26-29 states, “Consider your own call,
brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many
were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in
the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the
strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not,
to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the
presence of God.” God does not just tap
the wise, the powerful, or the privileged on the shoulder for Christian
service. Rather, the Lord chooses the
foolish in this world to shame the arrogant, the weak in this world to
embarrass the strong, and the despised to put the powerful in touch with
humility.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These nine characteristics of the
Spirit-filled person are enough to make a difference in this world.
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