Does one person matter? Some people say they won't vote because one vote won't matter. They stay quiet because if they say anything one voice won't matter. They stay home because being there won't help, one more person won't matter.
Getting lost in a crowd is easy to do. In the mass of six billion people we can feel very insignificant. God says He counts the hairs on our heads and even some useless bird in the tree. But in the scheme of events of man, do you and I have impact? lets look at a few individuals.
Suppose Adam had said, "No, she looks nice but I will stay single till I find a brunette".
And what if Noah said, "Funny, I don't see any rain clouds".
Moses might have run for his life the other way, yelling, "Fire!, Fire!".
David (standing over Saul's body) plead, "It was self-defense" and in so doing compromised his commitment before God.
If Solomon was so wise, why did marry more than one woman? It was because he had a Y chromosome. He was just the wisest man, not the smartest, sorry.
What if Deborah (Judges 4) had simply laughed in Barak's face?
And Esther of course might not have gathered the courage to follow her uncle’s instructions.
Elijah really should have studied Freud or Erickson to find the source of Ahab and Jezebels inner crisis.
It would have been very easy for Daniel to say, "Hey, that pork looks pretty good".
I can imagine Shadrach telling Abednego, and Meshach, "Dudes, our sandals are untied", just as the music played.
Separation of Temple and State had to be considered and discussed extensively before any politically incorrect statements be made to Herod, John the Baptist, said to himself over, and over, and over, as he paced outside the palace.
Fools or Heroes, in the history of mankind there is but one judge. The curtain is yet to fall. Who among us can say what is the next act? What will be noted as the next great heroism? WHAT OPPORTUNITY MIGHT JEHOVAH PLACE IN YOUR HAND TODAY, TO CHANGE ALL OF THE TOMORROWS
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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