In other news, my cousin is really awesome. Read his cool article here, and his blog here. Paul, you can pay me $25 next time you see me.
Daily Tidbit
In an continuation of yesterday, I'll just put up a few stories and let them speak for themselves. If you didn't read yesterday's Tidbit, do it. So, Gideon is that judge who asked God to give him a sign, make the ground wet and his fleece dry. God did. Then Gideon asked God for another sign, to make the ground dry and his fleece wet. God did. I've always thought that was funny, asking God a second time. What is funnier is that this is after God tells him he will save Israel and Gideon asks how, since he is of the smallest clan in Manasseh and he is the weakest in his family. So, Gideon places his offering before God and God picks up Gideon's staff, touches the meat and the bread of sacrifice and fire comes out of the rock. It's after THAT Gideon asks God for the two fleece signs.
Oh, and Zechariah. He's a priest, obviously knows the story of God's people. How Abraham was 100 when he had a son to start the people of Israel. God tells Zechariah, while he was chosen by lot to offer incense before the Lord, that he and his wife will have a son who will prepare the way for the Lord. Zechariah responds with, "I'm old, man. Really?" Oh, to not be like Zechariah and Gideon, and yet, to let God work in me like they did.
peace,
2 comments:
I don't know...I think that in order for God to work through people, those people need to be honest and vulnerable before God. There's something humble and authentic about these men's reactions to God's call. They didn't think they were up to the challenge, and God showed them that they were right but that that was okay because He's God. I think I do a lot more sitting around and waiting for God to reveal His awesome plans for me because I'm so awesome when a little humility might make room for GOD to be awesome. Maybe we need to be a little more like Gideon and Zechariah and give God a chance to be miraculous.
I'm not trying to be contradictory here, I promise. :o)
Fore sure, I think these guys had the humility thing down. I agree fully with you there, Robin. Plus, I would agree that many times I sit around waiting for God to do something crazy for me, since I'm pretty awesome. I could use some more humility sometimes.
What I do think that these guys, and so many other people like the disciples, missed was what God WAS doing around them. Yeah, they were humble, but they were also blind. If they would have seen God working around them as he was, they would have still humbly heard his call, but would have also SEEN what he was already doing and not have needed to ask for more signs.
My problem is I'm prideful and blind.
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