God Uses The Humble

Scripture

Our LORD and our God, Bashan is a mighty mountain covered with peaks. Why is it jealous of Zion, the mountain You chose as Your home forever?

~Psalm 68:15-16, CEV

Quote

By small and simple things; great things are brought to pass.

~Russell Ballard

Bashan is a mountain range located just East of the Sea of Galilee on what is now known as the Golan Heights. This high plateau overlooks Galilee by over 3,500 feet. The highest mountain in the range is Hermon [9,232]. Compare that to Mount Zion which is only 2,500 feet above sea level.

Several years ago, our youngest daughter worked at the Yellow Stone National Park for the summer. We decided to drive through Denver on our way back and I have never been so disappointed in a city in my life. I thought Denver would be surrounded by beautiful majestic snow capped mountain peaks but Denver is on a plateau and you see no peaks, you see no mountains. If you have not been to Israel, you may imagine that Mount Zion, where Jesus died, is a tall and intimidating mountain that looms over the horizon. You would be very disappointed. Actually the mount of Olives is higher than Zion and both are craggy hills. They are not tall or majestic; they are plain and unattractive.

So what is the point? First of all, God does strange things that you and I cannot understand. Why did He choose this simple hill top when there are hundreds of breath taking mountains on earth? I don’t know the answer and I doubt if you do, but that is what makes Yahweh God. His ways and thoughts are infinitely above ours. If I had to guess, I would say He chose this humble hill top because it epitomizes the ministry of Christ and His church. Although Jesus was the Son of God, He emptied Himself and took on a human body and came to us in the form of a servant. If we are to take on His mind and attitude, we will have the same mindset. As members of His body, the church, we are not to think of ourselves as being lofty and majestic, but low, plain and even unattractive. It is God’s way: He uses the humble and meek to accomplish His purposes. He does great things through small instruments.

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Christy Clark is in Huntsville Hospital. Her nose began bleeding and she couldn’t get it to stop. She went to the ER last night and she told me she thinks they will keep. I will be leaving here a little after 8:00 to check on her. She is getting blood and Platelets. Please pray for Christy.

Men’s breakfast in the morning at 8:00 at the POINT.

God bless you: Have a great weekend.

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Our granddaughter Josie plays on the DHS girls soccer team and they had a game in Huntsville last night. She is a gifted athlete like here mom and dad and I love her, but I do not like soccer. Of course I would support her if she played Hockey, but I would prefer she play basketball in a warm gym. Soccer is not only played in miserable weather; it is boring. It belongs in Europe where people are weird. It has no place in America. I watched the fans last night: they are all talking to one another and no one is watching the game. No one was cheering except me.  I promise you, my granddaughter heard me cheering her on, but the stands were quiet. Gee, I wonder why! North Alabama was doing fine without this miserable sport. I guess the one positive is that it allows kids to participate that would never make it on a real football field. The one thing that does amaze me is how they keep from twisting an ankle or breaking a leg by stepping on the ball. I noticed the boys warming up last night, they can even dribble [so to speak] between their legs as they run. They are more like dancers than athletes. They use their toes a lot more than I realized. I can assure you that when Josie hangs up her soccer uniform, I will not be back. Please pray that my grandkids, who have kids, do not let them play soccer. We have two three year old greats that are playing T-ball. It will be a riot!