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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY

I watch a lot of cooking competitions. I love watching the creativity of some of the chefs. They take ordinary ingredients and sprinkle in a little passion and they have a dish that looks and sounds amazing. While most people would fix the ordinary ingredients with little or no imagination. The ordinary becomes extraordinary in the right hands.

We often think of ourselves as ordinary. But God sees our potential to be something special, all it takes is for us to put our lives in his hands. He takes our lives and makes them extraordinary. Every human being has gifts and talents that God has placed within them. Some use those gifts for personal gain or to serve our enemy the devil. It is not until we give God our gifts and talents do, they truly grow into their potential.

James 1:17-18 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Our gifts come from God above, who does not change, he remains the same. This verse refers to him as the Father of lights. He is the source of light which he shares with us, to be little lights. Within us we carry his light to the world, because he has shared the glow of his love with us and within us.

With this verse we are reminded that all good things come from God and God alone. We must be good stewards of the gifts and blessing he has placed in our lives.

Matt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The world will never know how amazing our God is unless we let our light shine. If they see our light shine, they will glorify our heavenly Father. There are many verses about not hiding our light, but allowing it to shine. It is not always easy to do when you are surrounded by darkness. You don’t want to draw attention to yourself, but actually we are meant to be seen so that others can see the direction we are pointing. Our lives should always point to Jesus and His work on the cross.

If we shine a light on his unending, amazing love and amazing grace, we will win the lost. God took a shepherd boy, gave him five ordinary stones; using one of those stones to kill a giant. Elevating him to a position of king. He took ordinary water and turned it into wine. He took an ordinary girl, elevated her to queen, using her to save her people from destruction.

He took a young woman and used her to bring forth the miracle of Christ’s birth.  These are a few examples of how God uses the ordinary to further his purposes and further his kingdom. He took ordinary fishermen, a tax collector and turned them into mighty men of power and witness.

Never feel like you are too ordinary to make a difference in this world. God can use ordinary people for extraordinary times to save our lost and dying world. Be encouraged, we are about to find out what he can do with us.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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