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God-given greats (2)
'... All peoples on earth will be blessed through you ...' Genesis 28:14
Still not convinced that God could use 'little old you' to change things? Maybe Louis Braille thought the same before he came up with the idea of dots on paper to help blind people read. I bet Samuel Morse never thought his work would change the world so much - but he enabled super-speedy transatlantic messages. Before him, there were no texts or emails to pass on urgent news and it took two weeks to get to from the UK to the USA.
Or there's Louis Pasteur, who brought in sterilisation to kill germs and viruses that weren't visible to the eye - which has saved gazillions of lives!
What do those guys all have in common? They were Christians who claimed God gave them their ideas and helped them work them through, even when it got tough. Morse was asked if he ever got stuck when he was experimenting, and had no clue what to do; and he did, many times.
What did he do? 'I got down on my knees and prayed for light, and light came, and when my inventions were acknowledged ... I said, "Not unto me, O Lord ... but unto Thy name give the glory."' He asked God for help, and got it - and he gave the glory to God. With God huge things are possible. He's not run out of good ideas to give - He's just waiting for you to ask for one. Why not give it a go, and see what happens?
written by Bob Gass
'... All peoples on earth will be blessed through you ...' Genesis 28:14
Still not convinced that God could use 'little old you' to change things? Maybe Louis Braille thought the same before he came up with the idea of dots on paper to help blind people read. I bet Samuel Morse never thought his work would change the world so much - but he enabled super-speedy transatlantic messages. Before him, there were no texts or emails to pass on urgent news and it took two weeks to get to from the UK to the USA.
Or there's Louis Pasteur, who brought in sterilisation to kill germs and viruses that weren't visible to the eye - which has saved gazillions of lives!
What do those guys all have in common? They were Christians who claimed God gave them their ideas and helped them work them through, even when it got tough. Morse was asked if he ever got stuck when he was experimenting, and had no clue what to do; and he did, many times.
What did he do? 'I got down on my knees and prayed for light, and light came, and when my inventions were acknowledged ... I said, "Not unto me, O Lord ... but unto Thy name give the glory."' He asked God for help, and got it - and he gave the glory to God. With God huge things are possible. He's not run out of good ideas to give - He's just waiting for you to ask for one. Why not give it a go, and see what happens?
written by Bob Gass
