Dusty Saints
“I exalted thee out of the dust.” ~ 1 Kgs. 16:2
What would be your first thought if you saw a frog sitting on top of a fencepost? Most would agree, someone put him there. And that would be correct. He certainly didn’t get there by himself. Yet, how often we Christians forget how we got where we are today. Let us remember our lineage, when traced back, originates from the dust. And no matter the position or possessions we attain in this life, we are still headed back to where we came from. “…for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Divine Sovereignty is at play in all lives, from birth to death. As Jesus told Pilate, “Thou couldest have no power at all…except it were given thee from above.” God warned His people of old that when He raised them up, not to say, “My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this…” If they did, they’d end up where they started from. Humble Hannah said, “Talk no more so exceeding proudly…He raiseth up the poor out of the dust…to make them inherit glory.”
There is more truth to the idiom, “Your name is mud,” than we realize.