Let us underscore the fact...
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Let us underscore the fact that God equips whom he calls. Abraham was an unknown quantity; Moses, being a stutterer, was a long shot; Jonah's reluctance to accept his commission made him an unlikely candidate for the mission field in Ninevah; Amos was a country boy, a dresser of sycamore trees, with no inclinations toward the prophetic role; Hosea was married to a harlot, not a logical choice for a purveyor of moralistic pronouncements; the twelve disciples were basically blue-collar men who dared to reach for responsibilities almost certain to exceed their grasp; Saul had a reputation to overcome; and Simon Bar-Jonah's demeanor was, regrettably, as delicate as a bull in a china closet.
Amazing, isn't it, how God transformed them into champions?
Martin Luther was the son of a miner. Morrison and Carey, pioneer missionaries, were shoemakers. S. Parkes Cadman, noted preacher and lecturer, studied at odd moments while working in a coal mine by the dim light of a miner's lamp.
Whom God calls, he is faithful to equip.
Amazing, isn't it, how God transformed them into champions?
Martin Luther was the son of a miner. Morrison and Carey, pioneer missionaries, were shoemakers. S. Parkes Cadman, noted preacher and lecturer, studied at odd moments while working in a coal mine by the dim light of a miner's lamp.
Whom God calls, he is faithful to equip.
