Day 83: God's Type of People

Reading: Psalm 37:10-20

There is clear evidence as to the type of people God chooses to do His work in this passage. This passage talks about the good and the wicked. God takes care of those He chooses. Here, we read about the meek, the lowly, the poor, and the innocent. We read that those who plot evil God laughs at, because He will have ultimate judgement on them. God uses the weak to put the strong to shame. This goes to show that God's plan and work isn't like that of the world, who put the strong, the wealthy, the high-up, and even the wicked on a pedestal. Remember who God uses in His work. Remember what is most important in this life. Remember who the ultimate judge is in the end.


Reading: Luke 5:17-32

Jesus chose some unexpected people to do His work and display His power. Here we read of a sick man on a may who had great faith - something that is hard to come by in a take-charge society today. But Jesus used this man to show both His power of forgiveness and of healing. Because of this fragile, sick man, Jesus could display His authority. He used not only the sick, but the sinners too.
Also in this reading, we see that He chooses Levi (Matthew) to follow Him as His disciple. He also eats with him at his home. Much ridicule was fired at Jesus for hanging out with such a person as Levi, who was a tax collector. But Jesus says something very key to ministry, both then and for today. "I have not come for those who think they are righteous, but for those who know they are sinners and need to repent." This is a huge deal for churches today. If we focus on the people inside who know God, and already follow Him, we will eventually run out of people in the church. But if we exist as a church for those on the outside who need to know Jesus and who are seeking that relationship with Him, then our mission is laid out for us. Jesus displays this well here. He created ministry, and He is our prime example for it.


Reading: Numbers 16:36-18:32

Moses, being the great leader and communicator he was, led his people through thick and thin, and as a leader, showed them what God taught about forgiveness. We read the extent of rituals that needed to take place for atoning sin back in Moses' time. Though forgiveness seems so easy when we're on the receiving end of God's forgiveness, we need to remember it is a big deal. When we practice the act of forgiveness, God can use us to move hearts in powerful ways. When we treat our sin as more than something God will just forgive anyway, we can being our hearts to humility and our lives to service for Him. When we stand in awe of His ultimate forgiveness, and begin to realize that we could never begin to know the depth of the cost of our sin, we can lead a life in complete, humble service to Him. God loves to use those kind of people for His work.


God's type of people aren't what the world's type of people are. In a world that glorifies wealth, success and living for yourself, it is hard to grasp that God actually uses the poor, the sick, the sinners, the humble to do His powerful work. Will you be the world's type of person, or God's type? Each come with rewards, but one is far greater and more satisfying.