THE UNLIKELY INSTRUMENTS OF GOD

THE UNLIKELY INSTRUMENTS OF GOD YOU Yes you You who are reading this ARE an UNLIKELY INSTRUMENT Of God At least you Have the capacity to be “Jesus said to her, 'Woman WHY are you weeping WHOM are you looking for' She thought It was the gardener And said to him 'Sir IF you have carried him away Tell me WHERE you have laid him And I will Take him' Jesus said to her 'Mary' She turned to him and said, 'Rabboni' (Which in Hebrew means “TEACHER”) John 20:15-16 What an UNLIKELY first witness To Christ-Mary Magdalene In Jesus' time WOMEN couldn't even be Witnesses in court Yet-there she is BEING CHOSEN-By God-By the CHRIST- After the male disciples had left NOT only does she see him But he calls to her by name Like the GOOD SHEPHERD- “THE SHEEP hear his voice As he calls his own sheep By name And LEADS them out” John 10:3 An unlikely choice TO BE SURE And she is not The only one GOD'S first choice Of the Jews Was Moses A stuttering man Who was a murderer UNLIKELY YES Impossible no For nothing is impossible to God “And we KNOW That in ALL things GOD works for the good Of those who love him Who have Been CALLED according to his purpose” Romans 8:28 That is THE POWER of God's love He can work Through anyone Who has an OPEN HERAT And is willing to say YES And there was Paul A persecutor of Christians Chosen to be The spokesperson to the gentiles And Mary-THE MOTHER OF God An unwed mother From a hick town And then there is YOU AND ME LOOK-who God has chosen Down through history NOTHING in our past Can be as bad AS those God has already chosen “Like the coolness Of snow At harvest time Is a trustworthy messenger To those who send him He REFRESHES the SPIRIT Of those who send him” Proverbs 25:13 Dear Lord-we pray Like our fore fathers To be UNLIKELY INSTRUMENTS of God Robert P. Wallman 4-7-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose Jesus-HIMSELF-was an uneducated teacher and preacher- ROAMING from town to town- With the UNLIKELY BAND of APOSTLES-that he himself had chosen