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Just Ordinary Folks

by Robert [Bob] Schaetzle Sr. 
04/19/22
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                                  Just Ordinary Folks
                                  By Robert Schaetzle

It takes all peoples’ from all walks of life our Lord calls. As I’ve read through the scriptures I realize, when our Lord has a task to be done, He calls people from all different kinds of cultures and occupations.

His choices are not dependent upon where one might be from, his or her choice of vocational upbringing. I want to mention a few who were called, not because they attended some ‘School of biblical and Rabbinical instruction.’

Most folks do not recognize that Noah and Boaz were farmers. Daniel and Joseph were prime ministers. Gideon, Sampson, and Samuel were judges. David was a shepherd boy and musician. Solomon was a lyric poet. Naaman was a soldier. Johnthan was a warrior. Amos was a shepherd. Mathew was tax collector. Peter, James, and John were fishermen. Dr. Luke was a physician. Lydia was a salesperson.

Can you recognize, from the very beginning, there never was such a thing as a “Christian” job? When our Lord chooses someone to do what He wants accomplished, the only requirement is to be willing.

God does the equipping, to instruct and make us ready for the assignment. I feel, when our Lord gave Paul his Damascus Road experience, he sent him into the Arabian desert for three years, to deprogram him from Phariseeism.  

One of our pastors was a high school teacher. Before I became part of my ‘Sharing and Caring ministry to preach His promises, I was a U.S. Civil Servant. Doing some administrative responsibilities, finance, and accounting. My wife was a school teacher, who encouraged me to write and preach for the Lord.

Father, thank you for choosing and equipping those who serve you.  

Robert Lives in Sunnyvale, CA serving in a Sharing and Caring Ministry