Are you an ordinary man or woman in whom God wants to do extraordinary things?

Question

To clarify my question I write: Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God's call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for a season of prayer, confession, and consecration. His friend Henry Varley said, "The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him." Moody was deeply moved by these words. He later went to a meeting where Charles Spurgeon was speaking. In that meeting Moody recalled the words spoken by his friend, "The world had yet to see!...with and for and through and in!...A man!" Varley meant any man! Varley didn't say he had to be educated, or brilliant, or anything else. Just a man! If God could use Mr. Spurgeon, why should He not use the rest of us, and why should we not all just lay ourselves at the Master's feet and say to Him, "Send me! Use me!"

D.L. Moody was an ordinary man who sought to be fully and wholly committed to Christ. God did extraordinary things through this ordinary man. Moody became one of the great evangelists of modern times. He founded a Bible college, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, which sends out men and women trained in service for God.

Are you an ordinary man or woman in whom God wants to do extraordinary things? God desires that for every child of His. Ask God to do extraordinary things in your life. Begin today to trust Him to accomplish great things for His Kingdom through you.

Answer 1

Yes. Little, in HIS hands, is much!!!

Listen to the Word of God, and dare to obey Him.

Jesus Christ is not only our savior. He is also our Lord. He is "the Head of the church", and our Spiritual leader.

The Holy Spirit is also our comforter, "guide" and our life Coach, who comes along side you to help you along.

Never let anyone tell YOU that you are worthless or insignificant.

You have value in the eyes of almighty God, so great that YOU were worth dying for!

YOU are a blessing to the world, if you are obedient to the Lord, empowered by the Holy Spirit of God.

YOU are so "precious" to God that heaven will not be complete without you.

Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Don't ask the Lord to guide your footsteps unless you are willing to move your feet.

God treasures you! Cherish Him, and obey Him.

Don't think it doesn't matter how you live; it does! It matters to God, and
it matters to His holy angels. It also matters to those around you. Jesus
said, "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matt. 5:16).

Answer 2

Yes I am. God has spoken to me and I have heard this. God often uses regular ppl that are humble to be effective in doing his work, as they are just regular ppl and can speak to other regular ppl. Some ppl get so brainy and scientific in things that noone but them has a clue what they are saying, but it can still be very true. Uneducated does not imply ignorance. THere are many educated highly intelligent ppl that deny God. Only when its knowledge and wisdom from God does it matter at all. When God first spoke to me that He was going to use me mightily, I said ME?????? and His response WHY NOT YOU????? I am so blessed and I count it all as JOY. When we begin to say, send me Lord, use me Lord, take me all the way to where you want me to go.. HE will do that, if we mean it and keep confessing it.
God can use everone of us to carry on the gospel , to live it, speak it and tell it to the world. WE just must see we are all called, but so few will answer. We may be very educated, or not educated at all. IN THE WORLDS WAYS. But we must be educated in Gods word , and then we can do anything He calls us to do.
Even a little child can tell the gospel.

Answer 3

That's what my preacher keeps telling me. He thinks I'm "smart".Our whole Sunday school lesson and service Sunday morning was about this and I do think he was purposely aiming a lot of it at me. He has been talking to me directly on the subject. I'm going to read some Joyce Meyer books and pray, and try to lift my self esteem, and see what happens. I want to be obedient to God.If there's something God has planned for me, it will come to pass as long as I yeild.God bless!!

Answer 4

I think our God, wants to do great things with everyone, just most people wont listen or they don't trust, or they just don't care. It takes a lot of "guts" to sale out to God and say, Here I am, use me, most want.

I hope that I am doing what he wants, i know I could do more, and maybe one day I will.

Answer 5

Yes, we are the clay and he is the potter.
That reminds me of the prayer of St. Francis.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Answer 6

Absolutely! He said "my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9) I certainly qualify for the "weakness" part....very ordinary!

Answer 7

Yes I do. You're calling me out with this one, brother Newman! Great question!

Answer 8

Newman.... :) Don't know what to say, except :)

May God Bless you Abundantly :)

Answer 9

i'm an extraordinary woman who does whatever she wants