The heroes of the Bible werent any more gifted or powerful than you are. They were flawed, ordinary people living ordinary lives and doing ordinary things. Their struggles and temptations were no different from ours. But they allowed their ordinary lives to be interrupted by God, who is anything but ordinary. They chose to obey God when they did not necessarily see a happy ending. And when they did, what we see as a remarkable hero in the Bible is just an ordinary person reflecting the glory of God.
Our capabilities are far less influential than the choices we make, and our choices become the stories of our lives. We can continue to serve the pain of our past and be held captive by what we wish we could change, or we can let our belief in the power of God overshadow the size of our enemy and the depth of our weakness.
God doesnt need heroes. He wants you. His power and glory are most evident in your weakness. Your past is never too complicated or too far gone for God to redeem into something beautifulresurrection is His specialty.
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The big names of the Bible were ordinary people, just like you and me, who faced a choice: trust and obey God or trust and obey something else. They, and we, become extraordinary when we choose to trust God to make what has been into what can be.
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Beverly Lipford Carroll is a teacher, speaker, and author. Her passion is to help others see God's word as absolutely relevant in their daily lives and to share what God has taught her so that others will want to know him for themselves. After earning a master's degree in history at Baylor University, Bev taught English and humanities at the high school and college level. She has been married to Jay for twenty-eight years, and they have two sons and one perfect dog.