No Wonder They Call Him the Savior - by Max Lucado
Author:Max Lucado [Lucado, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2018-09-02T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 22
OPEN ARMS
They arenât exactly what youâd call a list of âWhoâs Who in Purity and Sainthood.â In fact, some of their antics and attitudes would make you think of the Saturday night crowd at the county jail. What few halos there are among this befuddled bunch could probably use a bit of straightening and polish. Yet, strange as it may seem it is this very humanness that makes these people refreshing. They are so refreshing that should you ever need a reminder of Godâs tolerance, youâd find it in these people. If you ever wonder how in the world God could use you to change the world, look at these people.
What people? The people God used to change history. A ragbag of neâer-do-wells and has-beens who found hope, not in their performance, but in Godâs proverbially open arms.
Letâs start with Abraham. Though eulogized by Paul for his faith, this Father of a Nation wasnât without his weaknesses. He had a fibbing tongue that wouldnât stop! One time, in order to save his neck, he let the word get out that Sarah wasnât his wife but his sister, which was only half true. 1 And then, not long later, he did it again! âAnd there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, âShe is my sister.ââ 2
Twice he traded in his integrity for security. Thatâs what you call confidence in Godâs promises? Can you build a nation on that kind of faith? God can. God took what was good and forgave what was bad and used âold forked tongueâ to start a nation.
Another household name is Moses. Definitely one of historyâs greatest. But until he was eighty years old he looked like he wouldnât amount to much more than a once-upon-a-time prince turned outlaw. Would you choose a wanted murderer to lead a nation out of bondage? Would you call upon a fugitive to carry the Ten Commandments? God did. And he called him, of all places, right out of the sheep pasture. Called his name through a burning bush. Scared old Moses right out of his shoes! There, with knees knocking and âWho me?â written all over his face, Moses agreed to go back into the ring.
And what can you say about a fellow whose lust got so lusty that he got a woman pregnant, tried to blame it on her husband, had her husband killed, and then went on living like nothing ever happened? Well, you could say he was a man after Godâs own heart. Davidâs track record left little to be desired, but his repentant spirit was unquestionable.
Then comes Jonah. Godâs ambassador to Nineveh. Jonah, however, had other ideas. He had no desire to go to that heathen city. So he hopped on another boat while God wasnât looking (or at least thatâs what Jonah thought). God put him in a whaleâs belly to bring him back to his senses. But even the whale couldnât stomach this missionary for too long. A good burp and Jonah went flying over the surf and landed big-eyed and repentant on the beach.
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