Friday, June 30, 2000
Friday, June 30, 2000
"Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word,
and my servant will be healed.
What bound them together? God used ordinary people and still does. God doesn't use the most
talented people, God doesn't use the most beautiful people, God doesn't use the most articulate
people. God uses ordinary people like you and me.
(Matthew 8:8
NRSV)
It is remarkable that the twelve disciples worked so well together, considering the significant
differences between them. Philip was a scholar. Matthew was a tax collector, so the others
would have considered him a traitor to his people. Simon (the Canaanite) was a member of a
nationalist group, the Zealots. Judas Iscariot was not even from Galilee, but was an
out-of-towner who most likely brought his own customs into the group.
Lord Jesus, my life is full of inadequacies, but I am thankful you use me anyway. Amen.
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