I am so ordinary. Of course you are!

 

"I can't serve. I am so ordinary." Of course you are. God works out His extraordinary plans through ordinary people. 

He gifted every believers so they can participate in His work of redemption. And by redemption, I am not just referring to the work at the Cross which provides the basis for all divine benefits (remember grace is anything God is free to do and give on the basis of the Cross) but also the redemption of daily lives (through perception, metabolization and application of doctrine) and the future redemption of planet Earth (when Jesus returned a second time to cleanse this planet and turn this to His kingdom).

He could have done that with a flick of His fingers. But He used agents instead. 

First, He used you and me, ordinary people to share the good news of eternal life through faith alone in Christ alone. He could have send angels or appear on the sky or many other ways but He used ordinary people. This is an opportunity for us to work where God works and to earn rewards in the process. Given that we live for a century at most and the rewards are eternal, this is a good deal, yeah?

Second, He used ordinary people to reproduce His Son on every believers. Through studying and applying the Word of God, we're transformed to His likeness. He could have clicked His fingers and every believers will be Christ-like. But again He chose to work through people who use their gifts to edify one another. When we use our gifts to teach, to exhort, to sing, to give, etc, we're participating in the great work of reproducing Christ on earth. 

Thirdly, when all believers start walking worthy of the gospel of Christ, we become a benefit to people around us. We become agents of real, deep change. Unlike the cosmetic political solutions offered by the world, we build true relationships that support each other and exhort one another to become productive. God could have transformed the society in an instant but instead He do the transformation through people walking by means of the Spirit.

Yes, we're ordinary people. But we have an extraordinary God who loves to work through ordinary people. 

Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad na guro ang inyong karapatang mag-isip ng doktrina. 

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