Jul. 14, 2024

“Calling All Nobodies”

Amos 7:14-15

 God calls and uses nobodies, those who are shunned by the world or overlooked.  Amos, Moses, and David were just shepherds. Joseph was just a boy with a dream. Ruth was an outcast, an outsider. Esther was just a regular Jewish girl. These people were nobodies. God can also use great people, of course. Saul of Tarsus, who became the Apostle Paul, was very intelligent and highly educated. When Jesus called His twelve disciples, He did not look for elite individuals. He passed over the Pharisees and the intellectuals, instead gathering together a ragtag group of fishermen, hotheads, a tax collector, a political zealot, and least of all, a traitor. These nobodies would become the apostles and take the gospel to the whole world. When God is choosing His team, He picks the nobodies first. The Apostle Paul speaks about the people that God chooses to the Corinthians. THE FOOLISH, THE DESPISED and the NOBODIES. These are the people who God chooses to use. The truth is, every one of us is nothing. You’re a nobody. But God can still use you, and He wants to. Martin Luther once said, “God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” The world might reject you, but not God. God is looking to choose you first to be on His team. You are just the candidate He is looking for.

 Questions:

1. Who does God call to do his kingdom work?
2. What does Paul tell us about who God calls?
3. What does Luther say about who God calls?