This man is my chosen
instrument (Acts
9:15).
If there was an unlikely candidate to spread
the name of Christ throughout the first century world, it was Paul. Raised a
devout Jew, educated in one of the most prestigious rabbinical schools in the
world, and recognized as an up-and-comer with the reputation of being a
no-nonsense Pharisee, his passion was to destroy the church before it got off
the ground.
Yet this was the
man God chose to take the message of Christianity to the world.
After earning his
degrees (journalism from the University of Missouri and law from Yale), Lee
Strobel served as the award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune. His
research into the resurrection convinced this avowed atheist to receive Jesus
as his forgiver and leader. He is now a NY Times best-selling author of nearly
twenty books, espousing the cause of Christ.
From 1985 to 1992,
Kirk Cameron starred in ABC's family sitcom Growing Pains. Another atheist, Kirk became a believer in Christ
and has since co-founded The Way of the Master (an evangelism training program) and The Firefly Foundation, which among other things provides terminally ill children and their
families a free summer camp experience.
Former marine
turned lawyer, and the first to be imprisoned for his role in the Nixon
administration’s Watergate break-in, Charles Colson accepted Christ and devoted
his life to his organization Prison Fellowship, which ministers to inmates and their families.
TODAY’S
MEDITATION
If God can use these
unlikely candidates for ministry, why is it he can’t use you?
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