You’re one in a ZILLION!

"Does not the Potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?" (Rom 9:21).

A woman once complemented my wife, “Women pay good money to have lips like yours.” She has beautiful, full lips but, like so many of us, tends to focus more on what she finds wrong with herself.

Is that you, too? 

Have you ever wished that God had made you differently? Perhaps you wished you were more athletic or could have a totally different career. Perhaps you wished you were prettier or taller or even had a different nose, better kids, or a more attentive spouse like your neighbor’s.

God made every person differently and for different purposes. Not everyone is made to be in the public eye. Some are made to serve behind the scenes. It is important to know and be at peace with how and why God made you. We are a Body fitly joined together and every part is equally important and necessary for God’s Kingdom to advance.

Paul tells us in the Romans verse above that we are all crafted out of the same clay. There is no one molded and shaped like you (no, I’m not, necessarily, only referring to your physical attributes). No one has the exact personality as you. No one has had the exact experiences, the key ingredients that have formed your life. 

Your DNA is one of a kind. Physically AND Spiritually!

God uses the common to produce the uncommon. No matter how inferior you may feel you are in a particular area, God desires to use you for His Kingdom purposes. Your unique qualities are made to fit with the way He plans to use you for His purposes. This is why we must accept our uniqueness. We want His power to be manifested in our uniqueness. 

I am just an ordinary guy who, like many of you, has lived through many experiences. Bankruptcy, divorce, an “incurable” disease, poverty, church splits, false accusations, attacks upon my character, betrayal, loneliness, a cheating spouse, “problem” children…oh, the tears I’ve shed! Despite my own triumphs and tragedies, God has used everyone of them to transform me, exchanging beauty for ashes, and has permitted me to help others when their own worlds fell apart, thereby advancing His Kingdom.

We are living in the day of the Ordinary, NOT the day of the Ordained. We are ALL priests and kings, ministers who were born for such a time as this.

We’re only passing through and should not try and get comfortable here; life in these earth suits is but a vapor.

God is doing a new thing. Get on board with it! Thank God today for the way He made you.

You’re somethin’ special!

Every blessing,

Michael Tummillo

Founder, The Church @ Work