{"id":46033,"date":"2022-10-01T02:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/are-we-just-a-nobody-guess-again-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:09:34","slug":"are-we-just-a-nobody-guess-again-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/are-we-just-a-nobody-guess-again-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Just A Nobody? Guess Again! &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often hear people say things like: &#8220;I&#8217;m just a housewife,&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m just a custodian,&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m just a shoe salesman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Underestimating one&#8217;s usefulness to God is nothing new. In Old  Testament times, for example, when God looked for someone to conquer the  troublesome Midianites, He chose unimpressive Gideon, calling him a  &#8220;mighty man of valor&#8221; (Judges 6:12).<\/p>\n<p>Gideon responded, &#8220;O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan  is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father&#8217;s house&#8221;  (Judges 6:15). But God persisted, saying, &#8220;<strong>Have I not sent you? &#8230;. Surely I will be with you<\/strong>&#8221; (Judges 6:14-16).<\/p>\n<p>Gideon became God&#8217;s man for the task, because there&#8217;s no such thing as a &#8220;nobody&#8221; in His eyes (cf. Matthew 10:29-31; Matthew 16:26). The Lord gave Gideon just 300 men to help him, rather than thousands (Judges 7:1-7), so that God alone would receive the glory.<\/p>\n<p>The apostle Paul also taught that God chooses and uses things that  the world calls foolish, weak, lowly, and despised. He shames the wise  and the mighty so &#8220;<strong>that no flesh should glory in His presence<\/strong>&#8221; (1 Corinthians 1:29).<\/p>\n<p>If we ever feel that we&#8217;re &#8220;just a nobody,&#8221; let&#8217;s review God&#8217;s call  to Gideon. The Lord wants to use us more than we ever thought possible.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember that God uses ordinary people to carry out His extraordinary plan (Matthew 4:17-20; cf. Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ordinary People  Extraordinary Heroes<\/li>\n<li>Committing Acts Of Selfless Sacrifice<\/li>\n<li>Seeing God In The Ordinary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often hear people say things like: &#8220;I&#8217;m just a housewife,&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m just a custodian,&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m just a shoe salesman.&#8221; Underestimating one&#8217;s usefulness to God is nothing new. In Old Testament times, for example, when God looked for someone to conquer the troublesome Midianites, He chose unimpressive Gideon, calling him a &#8220;mighty man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/are-we-just-a-nobody-guess-again-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are We Just A Nobody? Guess Again! &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}