“ Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. ” James 5:17-18

Elijah did great things including: praying and God consistently answering prayers, raising the dead, calling fire from heaven, and may have even outran a chariot. The striking thing to me about the verse from James is, “ Elijah was a man just like us. ” I don’t know about you, but I’ve not had the same experiences that Elijah has had. I’ve prayed for years for rain back home where our lake reservoirs are below 20%, and there hasn’t been substantial rain that has fallen to raise the levels. I’ve prayed that people with cancer would be healed and they have died.

I’ve often wondered why He chose us to come serve in Uganda. I feel so under equipped for service here because there are lifelong pastors here, there are people with doctorates in theology here, there are professional missionaries here. That’s the thing though, God calls ordinary men to do His will.

I don’t know why He called an ordinary guy that worked in a bank to give up everything I knew to go serve in Uganda, but I do know that He did call me. I’m grateful that He did call me because it has stretched and grown me in more ways that I can describe. I’m glad that he uses ordinary men like Elijah. I’m humbled that he chose me with all of my faults and shortcomings.

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