https://odb.org/2024/10/06/no-ordinary-tree
In the world and at the workplace or even in school and university, people always look for extraordinary and exceptional talents. The ordinary are not looked upon because that is the masses. He is the average Joe, or John or Jane Doe, as the average male and female is known in the United States. Thus, in a class action, it is either John Doe or Jane Doe against the state. When we first start out at work, we want to get noticed by senior management so we have better chances to climb the corporate ladder. Or some may just want to break out and try to make it as entrepreneurs in the open market. In which case, you may want to either create your own niche or stand out for the masses to reach out to you.
In the spiritual world, it is slightly different in the sense that God takes the ordinary to make them extraordinary in Him. This means that you don’t have to be an exceptional believer for God to notice you. God actually notices everyone and relates to each and every one of His children directly. Humans can’t do that because we are humans. In the case of Amos, he was not called to be a prophet from birth like Isaiah, Ezekial, or Jeremiah. For example, see Jeremiah 1:5 NIV – “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Amos, as he said, was not born a prophet, and neither was he a son of a prophet. He was just a shepherd who also tended to sycamore trees in Judah, and then the LORD called him to prophesy to the Israelites. See Amos 7:14-15 – Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go,prophesyt to my people Israel.’
God can and will take ordinary people like you and I and make us great in Him, in His Kingdom of Grace. We can do great and mighty exploits in Him as we respond to His calling for our lives. He can and will make us influential in our own corner of the world and give us a sphere of influence utilising our God-given talents and giftings. Jesus taught us before in Matthew 20: 28, “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” and in Matthew 20:16, “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen“.
Have a good Sunday worship today, everyone! Always remember that in all that we do, God will take the ordinary in us and make us great in Him! Persevere through, and we will find contentment, peace, and joy in Christ Jesus!
Ronnie's Thoughts 