I want for us to focus on one main takeaway from this episode in the life of Elijah it’s an important one for this day and age it’s one that I need to hear it’s one that you need to hear so often we think that God’s work is in the big things that we do in the big demonstrations that we create but the real effectiveness of what we do is not in the big demonstrations that’s just the Catalyst that’s how God gets our attention instead the real power is found in the one on one personal involvement that we have with

each other and with God [Music] we have no shortage of stories of ordinary people who change the world people born of humble beginnings who came out of obscurity the unexpected the unknowns the unlikely Heroes The Underdogs it’s hard to imagine lives so recognizable being anything like you or me no matter the achievements everyone is human and to some degree ordinary so the question then becomes what can someone like you and I do to change the world even further what can someone like you and I do to impact the world for

eternity like those who have gone before us regardless of age station stature past or assumed future when we offer God a life no matter how ordinary God takes it and uses it for Extraordinary impact that’s the story we find in the Bible again and again God’s people His prophets Apostles all appeared average and unexceptional until God worked in and through them so then someone like you can walk in the footsteps of the greats who have gone before like them someone like you can live with purpose meaning and intent bearing witness to God’s

extraordinary actions through you God was looking for someone like them and he is also looking for someone like you [Music] I’m David Jeremiah and welcome to Turning Point one of the things I love most about the Bible is it’s realistic portrayal of humanity Saints and Sinners alike especially the way God uses Ordinary People to accomplish extraordinary things for him sometimes those people make poor choices not only does the Bible show us human weakness it also shows us God’s reassuring response and that’s just the

encouragement that Ordinary People Like Us really need our current series of messages is called someone like you about the Prophet Elijah last time we saw how Elijah made some poor choices but today we’ll see how God met him and restored him title of today’s message is one on one with God that’s coming up on today’s edition of Turning Point after Jeremiah first released understanding the 66 books of the Bible helping thousands of Bible readers fully comprehend the place and purpose of every book in the Bible now Dr Jeremiah