God Uses Ordinary People

​“God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the things of this world that are common and looked down on. God chose things considered unimportant to do away with things considered important.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)

It’s God’s habit and preference to choose and use unlikely ones—people who make us scratch our heads and wonder why. That’s why He chose you, too! Ordinary people are called by an extraordinary God to be with Him. Then, out of the overflow of our fellowship with Him, we will find ourselves living like Him, loving like Him, serving like Him, caring like Him, feeding, tending, and strengthening the sick, just like Him—joining Him in doing the good work of The Good Shepherd.

God chooses unimportant, ordinary people who are not noble, excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty, or worthy. But the people He calls depend on The Good Shepherd to do the good work through them.

Are you willing to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers, workers, and under-shepherds to do the good work of feeding, tending, healing, strengthening, and alleviating suffering? Even though you might feel weak, ordinary, or forgotten, God very well may answer your prayer by choosing and calling you to do the work of The Good Shepherd.