Looking for an opportunity to make you life great? No money needed. No experience needed. No talent needed. The employer only needs a willing heart! Is it to good to be true? Why not?
When Jesus decided to start His church, the church that will continue His work of salvation, he did not pick the well known figures during his time. Most people who start a company would get the best professional in his field. If Jesus taught like the most of us, the obvious choice to start his Church with was the Pharisees and the Scribes. Pharisees and the Scribes were the primary religious specialist during their time. But Jesus do not think like the most of us.
Jesus decided to start his Universal Church with fishermen, tax collector and other ordinary men. These men had no formal religious education whatsoever. Jesus even chose the most simple and impulsive of them the leader of the pack, Peter. These men argued a lot who was the best of them. They were also slow in their getting what Jesus was teaching and preaching about. One betrayed Jesus and the other denied him. Any normal owner of a company or of an organization would cringe having the Apostles as his leaders and “go-to-guys”. But they are the men Jesus chose to start his Church that would spread through out the world. It was not their experience or the talent that made the Apostles great. But it was God’s grace working through their willing hearts. Now 2000 yreas later we look at them as the great Apostles, the princes of the Church.
We too have the opportunity to be great men and women. God only needs our willing heart for His grace to lift up our talents and skill to a whole new level. Mother Angelica of EWTN always says in the start of her show, “We are all called to be great saints, don’t miss the opportunity.”
So will take the opportunity of a lifetime?
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