God Uses Ordinary People of Faith

Summary

This communion service opened with a call to humility from James 4:10 and the assurance of Romans 8 that if God is for us, no one can stand against us. Christ died for us and now intercedes for us, so even when we fall we should never let go of our faith.

The guest preacher, Pastor Choko of Chicago who now leads missions for his fellowship, shared his testimony. By the world's measure he was a negative statistic, a boy who failed third grade and was abandoned by his father, yet God used him just as He once used Gideon. From Hebrews 11:30-31 and the story of Rahab he showed that God deliberately chooses unlikely, imperfect people who live by faith rather than fear. The centurion and the widow with her two coins both teach us to trust God more than our circumstances or our money.

Rahab had only seconds to choose the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the scarlet cord in her window pointed to the blood of Jesus and saved her whole household, placing her in the very lineage of Christ. The challenge was plain: make that choice yourself, serve the Lord, and your family will follow. The gathering closed at the Lord's Table, remembering His broken body and shed blood until He comes.

Key Points

• Humble yourself before God and He will lift you up (James 4:10).
• God is for us - Christ died and now intercedes for us, so never lose faith even when you fall.
• God delights to use ordinary, unlikely, imperfect people to accomplish great things.
• Faith, not fear, moves the heart of God; like Rahab, the choice may come in a matter of seconds.
• One person who says I and my house will serve the Lord can change a whole family's destiny.
• Obedience matters more to God than fully understanding what He asks.
• Put your trust in the Lord rather than in money or your circumstances.