How many of you have common tools lying around your homes? I suspect that most (if not all) of you do. Further, I suspect that most of you have a basic knowledge of how to use those tools. While some may be able to use them like a master craftsman, most of us are left to tinker and fix (or make) what we can.
Tools in the hands of a mechanic can work wonders when a vehicles isn’t running right. A carpenter’s tools can be used to transform wood and other building materials into a beautiful piece of furniture, or even a house. A sewing machine (or needle and thread) in the hands of a seamstress can transform pieces of cloth into a beautiful quilt or a garment. Whatever the tool, it can be used for something spectacular, or something mediocre. It depends upon the skill of the person who is putting the tool to work.
To borrow from Paul David Tripp’s book title, we are “Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands” (P&R Publishing 2002), and our redeemer is a master craftsman. He knows how to use common people to accomplish great things, or, as Greater Vision sings it, “God uses common people to live out His uncommon dreams—it’s not what you are that matters it’s what he can make you to be” (from the song, Common Garments).
God takes each and every one of us, and molds and shapes us into what He wants us to be. The question is, are we moldable? Are we willing to be used of God to accomplish His purpose(s)? The disciples were common people, and look what Christ accomplished in and through them. May God use each of us (common people) to accomplish His uncommon goals!
In His grip,
Pastor Decker
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