The
casting agent enters the room with their top picks for the show’s leading man
and lady. The new series will follow the
spellbinding story of a clan that builds a powerful, world-impacting family
tree. This is the pilot, and it is
crucial to make the right call on the individuals who will fall in love and
launch this Kennedy-like family of influence and fame. Producers and writers alike have waited breathlessly
for this moment, the moment when who they have envisioned as the leading
characters will be finally realized in an actor and actress. But when they turn to see who has been tapped
for these most special of roles, the thud of their collective jaws hitting the
majestic mahogany conference table muffles their mutual groans.
There
before their wide eyes, instead of the expected vibrant, young couple with
gleaming white teeth and tanned and toned bodies, stand a 75-year-old man and a
65-year-old woman. Not what they had
pictured for their production. And yet,
this is what God has chosen. His
screenplay called for a couple to launch a new nation, one that would impact
the entire world. As he would say, a
nation through whom “all the nations of
the earth would be blessed” (Genesis 12:1-3).
Abram
and Sarai stand there, adorned perhaps by dusty old robes and crowned with
wispy white hair and loosely fitting skin and as befuddled as anyone else. God chose them to begin a nation. An unlikely pair, especially after factoring
in the fact that Sarai was barren. How
could God expect to start a nation with a woman who could not bear
children? To complicate the story line,
it will be 25 more years before they actually have their child of promise. By that time Abram and Sarai will be 100
years old and 90 years old, respectively (and their names will be changed to
Abraham and Sarah). Perhaps Social
Security checks will help this special couple decorate the baby’s tent and
they’ll be able take naps when the baby does.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
His story.
God
picks people you and I wouldn’t necessarily select to take part in his story.
In fact sometimes we are shocked who plays the starring roles in his stories. Unlike the way we do business, he taps people,
not merely because of their abilities, but for their availability. God searches for people who are open to be
used by him. Since he uses only those
who are willing to be used for his purposes, there is no doubt that it is he
who is doing the wonder-working. Let
there be no doubt, throughout history he is the one making things happen.
That’s good news, isn't it? In the business world, you may not have a
great pedigree. In academics, you may
not be a Rhodes Scholar. You may not
have a lot of money and you may have average looks. But you may be sitting in a pretty good
position to be a top pick for God’s work.
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