Infinite Consequences from Finite Obedience
Gospel Aimed Surrender
Day 2
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Yesterday, we asked ourselves how our seemingly ordinary choices could be a part of a much grander story. As we look through the interwoven stories of prominent people of the Christian faith today, we will begin to find an answer.
Summary
Let’s trace the thread of Gospel conversations Brooke Ligertwood told us about.
An ordinary Sunday school teacher named Edward Kimball leads a young shoe clerk to Christ, who in turn invigorates a British Baptist minister. That Baptist minister, FB Meyer, galvanizes a widower who disciples another, who recommends a preacher for an event in Charlotte, NC. There, that very preacher reaches a teenage boy who would go on to lead hundreds of millions of people from death to life.
Edward Kimball.
D.L. Moody.
F.B. Meyer.
J. Wilbur Chapman.
Billy Sunday.
Mordecai Ham.
Billy Graham.
We can trace the story of people coming to faith through their obedience.
We have been given what we have on purpose. Our location, workplace, circumstances, time, treasure, and talents are not ordinary. Rather, they are the seedbed for the glory of God to be known. In the hand of God, what may seem monotonous is actually miraculous.
Our gifts, our days, our choices, and our lives find their place and ultimate redemption only as part of a gospel-aimed surrender.
What's Next?
Consider this quote by F.B. Meyer “If you are not willing to give up everything for Christ, are you willing to be made willing?"
- Where are you unwilling in your life? Are you willing to be made willing?
- Write down a list of your giftings. Where can you use them today? How might those be used for the Gospel?
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