FROM SIMPLICITY TO EXTRAORDINRY
                    "in sincerity and godly sincerity Romans 1:21
                                       Edward Proffitt, Th.D.

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Have you ever had a garage sale? If so, you can verify the old saying "one man's junk is another's treasure". There was a time when we discarded what we didn't want or need; now we have garage sales. We have discovered that possessions (we view as nonessentials) are at times important.

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Often those items hoarded away in our closets or attics, unused and gathering dust, are significant and useful to someone else. In our personal relationship with God and our interpersonal relationship with others, the same truth applies.

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Actions that appear to be trivial and unimportant at the moment, later become very meaningful and far-reaching in life. God usually accomplishes his greatest achievement by basic resources. Moses, a shepherd on Mt. Horeb, carried a shepherd's rod, which was a crooked sapling carved at one end and about 6 feet in length. Every shepherd carried one.

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There was nothing different bout the one Moses carried except that he allowed it to be used of God. God asked Moses 'What is that in thine hand? Moses answered, "a rod". God said, "Cast it on the ground" And he "cast it on the ground" (Ex 4:2-3).

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Moses, through obedience, did so and the lowly became mighty.  From that point on a simple shepherd's pole became a cherished commodity because it was now chosen as "the rod of God". God always puts obedience to the test. Have you ever heard the words "what is that in your hand"?

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For Moses it was a shepherd's stick; for the lady at Zarephath it was a handful of meal; for the hungry it was five loaves and two fishes; and for the widow it was two mites. God sees all the dust gathering abilities buried in hearts and minds. To Christians, He speaks to those talents "what is that in thine hand" -- "GIVE IT TO ME"

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In humble dedication we are to "Cast it down" and "take it up" to be used for God's Glory. Once we (in obedience) do that, then He can perform the supernatural to the talent that it might be used for ministry to HIS GLORY. Take the task He gives you gladly. Let His work thy pleasure be, answer quickly when He calleth, answer "HERE AM I, SEND ME, SEND ME"!!!

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