"Now all the glory to God, Who is able, through His mighty power at work within us,
to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think."
Ephesians 3:20 NLT
What do ordinary people and an extraordinary Savior have in common? The power of an Almighty God.
One Solitary Life
He was born in an obscure village
The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village
Where he worked in a carpenter shop
Until he was thirty
He never wrote a book
He never held an office
He never went to college
He never visited a big city
He never travelled more than two hundred miles
From the place where he was born
He did none of the things
Usually associated with greatness
He had no credentials but himself
He was only thirty three
His friends ran away
One of them denied him
He was turned over to his enemies
And went through the mockery of a trial
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves
While dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing
The only property he had on earth
When he was dead He was laid in a borrowed grave
Through the pity of a friend
Nineteen centuries have come and gone
And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race
And the leader of mankind's progress
All the armies that have ever marched
All the navies that have ever sailed
All the parliaments that have ever sat
All the kings that ever reigned put together
Have not affected the life of mankind on earth
As powerfully as that one solitary life
--- James A. Francis, 1926
What's the difference between ordinary people and our extraordinary Savior? We ordinary people have yet to accept that our ordinariness is the best stage for God's Almighty power. What could happen if we embraced our humanity, our frailty as the perfect glove for God's Hand to work through us?
"What we offer You is just ordinary: ordinary voices, ordinary people praising You.
But with Your anointing and Your touch,
You can turn it into a miracle to those that listen and those that hear.
Take this, Lord, and use it for Your glory.
We will give You all the praise."
-prayer by Landy Gardner before his choir sang
"I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more."
1 Corinthians 9:19
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