Does God use ordinary people?

I wonder these days as I feel God tugging at my heart to be a missionary, can an ordinary guy like me really make a differance in this world?  As I ponder on this, I think of so many people in the Bible that God has used in a mighty way and they were just ordinary men and women just like myself.  Look at Noah an ordinary family man saved his family from a world wide flood. Moses, a runaway, leads an entire nation to freedom. David, Joshua, Danial, Joseph...the list goes on and on.

So yes, God can use us in extroardinary ways if we will let him.  We have to be willing to let God unleash our passion. Let go of all of the worldly possessions that we have come to think are so important.  We have to be willing to go.  God is waiting for us to step out for him and do extroadinary things.

That's why I am so excited that on September 1st I have been given the oppurtunity to travel to Kazakhstan with The Hanna project.  We will be meeting the needs and changing lives in a remote area halfway around the world.  We will be installing 3 play sets in 3 strategic areas in the city that will allow hope for the children of that region. The Hanna project will be the hands and feet of Jesus for CrossPointe Church showing his love to the children of Khazakhstan.   

Comments

[Kim]

I'm so glad that you'll be going and having more life-changing events. Nothing changes a person like going to another country to minister to the people there.

Yes, I'm so grateful that God uses ordinary people, worthless, messed-up, ordinary people. If He didn't, I'd be in a world of trouble. It is such an honor and blessing to be used by Him.

[Berglan]

Jeff,
This is so true. I love James 5:17 "Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years." Even in Acts 4:13, it says "When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.". Dude, God uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary. It is apparent that it is your turn.