“We never saw it on this fashion.”~ Mk. 2:12
Whether it’s David’s sling and a stone,
or Paul being let down in a basket,
God does not generally do things in the traditional, orthodox way of religion. The vessels God uses do not come out of a man-made mold, but is produced of the Heavenly Potter’s house, upon His wheel. They’re not a factory product but their Father’s creation.
For a Christian to do things any other way than what the standard norm is will be unacceptable with the conformist. They will not tolerate a man or woman who is individualistic, any more than they will a God that is not consistent with their teaching of Him. “We never saw it on this fashion” is their characteristic statement of these “odd ones.”
The book of Judges is replete with foolish things God has chosen to confound the worldly wise. In it we find a left-handed assassin (3:21); six hundred men slain with an ox-goad (3:31); a woman, the weaker vessel, delivering her people (4:14); a hammer and nail used rather than a military weapon to destroy the adversary (4:21); a simple pitcher and trumpet overcoming a multitude (9:20); a piece of millstone falling upon a leader’s head, stopping an armed attack (9:53); and the jaw-bone of an ass as a means to kill a thousand men (15:16).
God doesn’t use a cookie cutter when He produces His men and women.
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