詹姆斯．莫里斯（James Morris）曾被形容為「一個目不識丁但滿懷熱忱的平信徒」，然而上帝卻使用他帶領托普拉迪（Augustus Toplady）決志歸向耶穌基督。托普拉迪就是十八世紀的經典聖詩《萬古磐石》的作者，他如此描述自己聽到莫里斯傳講福音的情景：「真不可思議，……就在一個穀倉裡，一小群基督徒聚集的時候，我聽到一個連自己的名字都很難拼寫的人傳講福音，但我……竟然就這樣被帶到上帝面前。這當然是主的作為，真是太奇妙了！」

事實上，上帝會透過那些我們認為「不夠格」或很普通的人，在不可能的地方行奇妙的事。在哥林多前書1章，保羅提醒信徒，他們不過是一群普通人，「按著人的觀點，有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，有尊貴地位的也不多」（26節，和合本修訂版）。哥林多的信徒雖然平庸，但上帝的恩典使他們並不缺乏恩賜和才幹（參閱7節），上帝會在他們當中並透過他們工作。上帝知道如何讓自誇的人羞愧（27-29節）。

你認為自己很「平凡」、「普通」，甚至「不夠好」嗎？別擔心。如果你已經相信耶穌，而且願意被祂使用，那就夠了。願你心中的禱告是：「上帝啊，請使用我！」

James Morris was once described as “an illiterate but warmhearted layman,” but God used him to draw Augustus Toplady to saving faith in Jesus Christ. Toplady, the eighteenth-century author of the timeless hymn “Rock of Ages,” described hearing Morris preach: “Strange that I . . . should be brought nigh unto God . . . amidst a handful of God’s people met together in a barn, and under the ministry of one who could hardly spell his name. Surely this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous.”

Indeed, God does marvelous things in unlikely places and through those we may rank as “unqualified” or ordinary. In 1 Corinthians 1, Paul reminded believers in Jesus that they were an unimpressive lot. “Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth” (v. 26). Though the Corinthian believers were quite ordinary, by God’s grace they weren’t lacking in giftedness and usefulness (see v. 7). And God—who knows how to put boasters in their place (vv. 27-29)—was at work among them and through them.

Do you see yourself as “plain,” “ordinary,” or even “less than”? Don’t fret. If you have Jesus and are willing to be used by Him, you have enough. May your heart’s prayer be, “God, use me!”