Common Men, Common Calling

"God chooses the humble, the lowly, the meek, and the weak so that there's never any question about the source of power when their lives change the world. It's not the man; it's the truth of God ans the power of God in the man."

I have read and reread this paragraph. What are your thoughts about this? I cannot even begin to tell you what this makes me feel like. Mostly humble and foolish. Humble to think that God could use ME to change this world. Foolish to EVER take ANY credit for the things I do here.

Who am I?

I have been questioning lately, if I have what it takes to be strong for Jesus and work with others to help bring God's Kingdom to Earth. As I am reading this book (slowly as it might be) the thing that sticks out in my mind is how quickly this whole chapter of life takes place. The time that John baptizes Jesus until His death is only a few years. He calls His disciples, who were no one really, taught them, and set them off in that short time. They were not scholars; they were not priests. Is that why He called them? We have been learning on Sundays, that Jesus seemed to like to shake things up. He challenged what the Jewish people KNEW at that time by telling them that He was the way, He is the light, He is the vine. He turned it upside down. Look at the amazing things these men did. I mean, we know them. We know their teachings. Their lives have changed the world forever. But, they started out as nothing, no one, they started out like me. They trusted Jesus. The followed Him. They emptied themselves. So, why do I question myself so much....when I can see myself in them, those who were directly chosen by Him.