Exceptional or Significant - Doesn't Matter, DO YOU!

DO YOU!

In 1 Corinthians 15:1-9, Paul is telling the Corinthian church about the glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Paul is telling the listeners of the bodily resurrection, not of a spirit that was seen, but Christ Himself in the flesh.

He is telling the story of how all of Jesus' Disciples at different times saw Christ, as did many others. He explains that Jesus was seen first of Cephas (which is Peter), then Jesus was seen by the Twelve. After that, Jesus was seen by about 500 at once, and then after that Jesus was seen by James; then of the Apostles. Then Paul says, "And LAST of all He was seen of me also, as one born out of due time. For I am THE LEAST of the Apostles..."

You see, Paul thought himself not as one of those who walked with Jesus, because he didn't. Paul felt lower because he didn't eat with Jesus, again because he didn't. Paul didn't pray with Jesus, he wasn't discipled by Jesus, he never witnessed a miracle performed by Jesus and he was never touched by Jesus! However, Paul was "CALLED" by Jesus and Paul believed in, and trusted in, and had strong faith in, the CALL that was upon his life.

He made up in his mind that no matter how hard he tried that he would never be like one of the Twelve that actually walked with Jesus. Paul couldn't do anything except to be himself and to live out the life that Jesus CALLED him to live and to minister the Gospel according to what Jesus gave him and to whom Jesus sent him to minister to!

Paul may not have had the reputation nor the prestiege of the Twelve, but Paul had an understanding of what God had for him to do, and that's exactly what Paul did...and nothing else. Paul would end up writing more New Testament Letters than any other of the Disciples combined.

I shared all of this to encourage someone this morning to STOP trying to be like everyone else; STOP comparing your CALL with that of someone else!!! JUST DO YOU!!!

I wrote this note to tell somebody...and perhaps to remind myself, that:

You don't have to be exceptional in order to be significant!!! Again, DO YOU, as one day, YOU will have to give an account on what YOU DID with what God gave you!