ORDINARY BECOMING EXTRAORDINARY.

One thing I have come to discover in life is that many always worry about the reason why they are not endowed with a different talent,skill and forms of dexterity that will make people think that they are extraordinary. Some subject themselves to forms of comparison whereby they weigh themselves with others in terms of their ability. They are fond of complaining about their voices not being melodious as that of another person and other skills. But a question to be asked is have you ever considered the ordinary gifts/talents that God has deposited in you. Have you ever put them into practice? People of God,I have a message for you that you should start doing that ordinary things using ordinary materials to get extraordinary results. From the word of God,we will consider five cases of people that did things that were ordinary in their own eyes but extraordinary to the people around them and there was an elevation for them because it had an extraordinary effect on the people. The first person to be considered is David. David wanted to fight a giant philistine who was armed. To every one,David was too young to fight implying that he was just an ordinary man and they did not expect much from him. When they wore all the armours on him, he had to remove them because he had no prove of them. He had with him a sling and five stones because he had used that ordinary stone and sling to kill a lion and a bear before .The ordinary stone had extraordinary effect on Goliath that he fell down with just one shot .I want you to know that it was ordinary or normal for David to throw stone with his ordinary sling until when the ordinary stone hit Goliath and the ordinary became extraordinary because the effect on Goliath was more than what the people around could imagine. What are those things that you have seen ordinary? Begin to do them well because God is interested in turning them into extraordinary things in the eyes of the people. Another personality to be considered is Moses.After he had encounter with God, Moses used the ordinary rod in his ordinary hand to do different things that amazed people. For example, when he turned the rod into snake in the presence of pharaoh,it was extraordinary in the eyes of the people but to Moses it became a norm to use the rod to his advantage .Pharaoh had no choice but to respect Moses because all that Moses did was extraordinary in Pharaoh's eyes. The third person that had the experience is Esther. Esther was in contest that involved young maidens in which all of them desired to become a queen at the end of the contest .Esther came from an ordinary family that was not known. The attire she put on was not spectacular than that of the other girls but the Bible said that Esther obtained favour in the sight of all of them that looked upon her. This was so because Esther looked extraordinary in their eyes even though all she wore were normal or ordinary. In Acts 3, Peter and John were heading towards the temple. As they were going inside the temple,they met a lame man sitting at the temple begging for alms. To Peter and John, it was extraordinary to give him money and the likes but it was normal for them to command the guy to stand up which was an extraordinary thing in the eyes of the people in the temple. Peter said in Acts 3:6, such that I have,I will give unto implying that the ordinary things in my possession will I give out,I will not give out all those things that you feel is ordinary or less important. As Jesus was walking on the sea,it was normal for him to do that but it was extraordinary in the eyes of the people that witnessed the scene. The bible said that the people that saw it were surprised in their heart. For Jesus to be doing something that was ordinary in his own eye and people were marvelled at His dexterity,I think we should not fall below that standard.I remembered when i finished my predegree program,one of my elder sisters gave birth to a baby. Two months after ,she had to resume in her place of work. she was now faced with the problem of who to take care of the baby. When i heard this ,knowing that i was free and doing nothing, I volunteered to take care of the baby. To all the people that were around then,they felt it was awkward for a guy like me to take care of a baby that was barely two months but to me,I felt there was no big deal about it and i said that all I needed was for them to provide adequate food for the baby and with the help of God,there will be no problem.I started and began to enjoy doing it everyday to the extent that people came from my sister's place of work to come and see me and in turn,they blessed me in cash and kind to the extent that i never lacked. From that time, they always call me to come if any of them gives birth to a baby. What I am trying to say in essence is that it was ordinary for me to take care of the baby but to people,it was an extraordinary gesture. Before the ordinary things that you are doing can become extraordinary,there must be a place of hiding(Isaiah 26:20. Before all the above-mentioned people started doing exploits,they had to pass through a place of hiding. For instance,David was in the wilderness for a long time where nobody knew him and there he used the ordinary sling and stone to kill a bear and a lion. Moses was also in the wilderness with sheep before he had an encounter with God. Esther was not known by anyone before she was chosen as a queen. She was under Modecaih's roof and that was her place of hiding. Peter and John had their place of hiding as a disciple of Jesus as they were learning to use the ordinary to get the extraordinary .They were finally endowed with power to do extraordinary things when the Holy Spirit came. For thirty years,Jesus passed through a place of hiding where he grew and learned different things before he came out to do the extraordinary. People of God,let us now therefore go into our own place of hiding so as to do the extraordinary. By going to hiding means knowing your God. The bible states that "THEY THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG AND THEY SHALL LIKEWISE DO EXPLOITS". For us to do exploits, we need to know our God by searching through his word which will bring about the revelation of Him. In conclusion,the message is clear, simple and straightforward.It is high time, you began to do the ordinary things within your reach because God specializes in making them extraordinary in the eyes of the people.