Today’s ODB piece by Bill Crowder, The Source of Impact, reminded me of a statement I’ve come across more than once: “God doesn’t call the equipped; He equips the called.” While Peter and John may have lacked the education, the training, and the pedigree that was normally associated with preaching, teaching, and ministering, they certainly didn’t lack the power or the authority to do so. The time they spent with the “stone rejected by the world” had prepared them and the Holy Spirit had empowered them to do such things in Jesus’ name.
That He uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things is consistent with a God who chooses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world to shame the strong (1 Cor 1:27). To be used by God is not a matter of our ability, but our availability. The only difference between being “not able” and “notable”[1] is a space that becomes filled by our spending time in His presence.
That reminds me of another statement I’ve heard before: ”Wise men seek Him.”...
[1] Thomas Jefferson referred to France's Assembly of Notables as the "not ables."
