all giants start small

But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" He said, "I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain." (Exodus 3.11-12).

Hudson Taylor wrote: “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on his being with them. They counted on God’s faithfulness.” The whole history of God working through his people illustrates this.

Moses was a most reluctant missionary. David seemed pathetically young and inexperienced to be God’s champion against Goliath. Nehemiah and friends were dubbed “those feeble Jews” by their enemies. Jeremiah was frightened and overawed by God’s call. The disciples were a motley band of ordinary folk— nervous and fearful. Even Jesus was “despised and rejected by men.” All these, with the exception of Jesus, were men with rather obvious weaknesses who sometimes fell into serious sin of one sort or another.

Yet God used Moses to rescue two million people from Egypt, David to slay a giant, Nehemiah to rebuild a city, Jeremiah to prophesy to a nation, the disciples to bring about the greatest revolution the world has ever known, and Jesus to procure the world’s salvation.

J. B. Phillips wrote a book a number of years ago whose title is still apt for many of us— Your God Is Too Small! Because our vision of God’s greatness and faithfulness is so infinitesimally small, we see only a little of his power and glory.

Would you take a moment to join me in praying, “Lord, I am available for you today. I understand that I am never too weak, ill-equipped, or impoverished in resources or talents because You are with me. Please use me in the way you want and give me a gift of faith to believe that you want to use me to make a difference in the lives of people around me.”

Remember, all giants start off small…