Being a nobody...
"Moses spent his first forty years thinking he was somebody. He spent his second forty years learning he was a nobody. He spent his third forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody." When I read about the great heroes of the faith, I am impressed to see that all of them thought themselves to be "nobodies." In fact, in some cases, they spend a good deal of time learning how little they are before they are used of God in any significant way. I think of the example in the quote above, but also of David, tending those sheep in the wilderness. Abraham lived in the desert when God called him and travelled a great distance before he came to the place of God's blessing. The entire nation of Israel (after they left Egyptian slavery) spent 40 years in the desert learning the lesson that God was the one who was in charge and who had everything figured out. Over and over again, we see people spending time le...