Very Ordinary People

This is beginning to sound like a broken record. God constantly and consistently uses ordinary people to accomplish his extraordinary purpose.

During Christ's ministry, he interacted again and again with ordinary people. They came to him with their problems. They came to him with questions. They came to argue. They came with pain and suffering.

There were struggles with doubt (Mark 9:24).
There were struggles with pride, ego and selfishness (Mark 9:34).
There were brash moments... moments of recklessness (Luke 9:54).
And as always, there were struggles with faith (Mark 4:40).

The list goes on and on. I don't mean to minimize their problems, but they were ordinary problems. These moments of weakness gave Christ opportunities to challenge. These moments gave God a moment to show His glory. Compared to the power and glory of God, these were trivial problems.

He didn't rebuke doubt, but demonstrated grace and the miraculous.
He demonstrated and preached a servant's heart.
He challenged and transformed self-seeking, reckless hearts.
He gave us faith in an all-sufficient savior.

We are very ordinary. We may have gifts, talents and callings that are clearly God-given. But at our cores, we are weak and driven by our own ambitions and desires. God wants to do something incredible in and through us... something extraordinary!