Have you ever thought about the fact that even the biggest heroes in scripture had some really bad days and seriously hopeless situations?

Didja ever think that the only reason we even know them as heroes of scripture is exactly BECAUSE of those hopeless situations?

Some of us are whining about molehills in the Garden of Eden when what God REALLY wants for us is to walk confidently into our own ‘wilderness’ and start sending mountains into the sea.

Or did you think Jesus never had YOU in mind when he wrote that in His word?

When you take a closer look at what one of the greatest heroes of scripture had to sort out in his own life before he was of any use to God, your own struggles might start looking less like an insurmountable ‘no’, and more like an invitation to trust a God big enough to handle them.

Remember when Gideon had to send part of his army home so that everyone would know that God, and not superior logistics and tactics that should get credit for his victory?

Wouldn’t it be great to have a story like that?

Well, it might get a whole lot easier to take God at his word when we remember that the ‘heroes’ we hold up in that Hebrews Eleven ‘hall of fame’ had to get to their own personal ‘zero point’ — before they were ready to take on the task HE had for them.

What’s a zero point? I’m glad you asked:

Editor’s note:
Some of the best kinds of art stands up as a regular reminder of what we are being called to become, long after the words of a book or a sermon are forgotten.

When you can put them on your wall as a daily call to step higher, that’s wonderful. The next best option is a coffee table book stuffed full of exactly that kind of art. Such a book was mentioned in the sermon, and here’s a little more about it.

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