"With the tip of the staff that was in his hand, the angel of the Lord
touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire flared from the rock,
consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared."
Judges 6:21
How does God call people into His service? There is a clear pattern in
the way God calls men and women into service for Him. Almost every major
leader has been called while he or she was in the midst of performing
his or her everyday vocation. Peter was a fisherman; Matthew, a tax
collector; Luke, a physician; Paul, a tentmaker; Moses, a shepherd;
Jesus, a carpenter; and so on.
When God called Gideon to free the people of Israel from the oppression
of the Amalekites, he did so while Gideon was threshing wheat in a
winepress. Like Moses, Gideon argued with God, saying his family was
nothing special, so how could he be used of God to save Israel? Gideon
acknowledged God by preparing an offering to Him. The angel did an
interesting thing with Gideon's offering; he took the tip of his staff
and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire flared from the
rock, consuming the meat and the bread. As with Moses, God chose to do a
miracle with a staff, the instrument that symbolized Gideon's work life.
Why would God do this? It is because God wants us to know that the tools
He has given each of us are the tools He wants to use to demonstrate His
power. However, in order for that to happen, we must yield our tools to
Him for miracles to be manifested through them.
Have you yielded your tools to the Lord? God wants you to have an
overriding ministry objective to your work life. He doesn't want you to
leave your work; He wants to work through your work. Allow Him to do
that today.
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