“But the Lord said unto (Ananias), go your way for he (Paul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.”
In my Bible reading this morning I came upon two scriptures that seemed odd. My text reflects one of these and the other is from 1 Samuel 17, where David killed the giant Goliath. Wasn’t it odd that God chose the young boy, David, to kill the giant, Goliath? Even as David approached the giant to kill him, he was surrounded by an army of grown men who had been afraid to face Goliath. David’s brothers, who would not face Goliath, had been aggravated with him for asking so many questions about Goliath. Saul himself was surprised that this young fellow was willing to face Goliath, but he consented to David’s request. Against all odds, the boy killed the giant and won the battle for Israel. Wasn’t that odd? Wasn’t it odd that when God needed someone to witness to the Gentiles, He chose Saul of Tarsus? Saul was en route to Damascus to arrest Christians and take them to Jerusalem for trial, when he was encountered by Jesus, who called him to witness to Gentiles. Some of you have probably heard me say that when God wanted someone to witness to Gentiles, He saved and called the meanest Jew that He could find to do the job. Wasn’t that odd? I looked at myself in the mirror this morning, after deciding to write on this subject and said to myself: “Wasn’t it odd for God to call me to preach, pastor churches, and even for over twenty years minister to churches and ministers.” Also, I never had any idea about teaching the Bible to prisoners, but for over twenty years I taught the Bible in two prisons, even as I ministered to churches and pastors as an Associational Missionary. I looked quizzically at myself and thought, “Did you really do that?” The answer, oddly, was “yep.” When I thought about David, Paul, myself, even some of you (lol), I said that it wasn’t odd at all. After all God knows us and knows what He can empower us to do if it is His will. It would not be odd for Him to use you! Bro. Joe
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