Faith & Reason Nexus

God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. He uses all sorts of people to fulfill His plan, and He can use you as well.

• JACOB
• Known As: A deceiver
• Task: To father the Israelite Nation
• Reference: Genesis 27-28
• JOSEPH
• Known As: A slave
• Task: To save his family for God’s plan
• Reference: Genesis 39
• MOSES
• Known As: Shepherd in exile, A murderer
• Task: To lead Israel out of bondage and to the Promised Land
• Reference: Exodus 3
• DEBORAH
• Known As: A mother in Israel
• Task: Worked with Barak to deliver Israel from Sisera
• Reference: Judges 4-5
• GIDEON
• Known As: A farmer
• Task: To deliver Israel from Midian
• Reference: Judges 6:11-14
• JEPHTHAH
• Known As: Son of a prostitute
• Task: To deliver Israel from the Ammonites
• Reference: Judges 11
• HANNAH
• Known As: A homemaker
• Task: To be the mother of Samuel
• Reference: 1 Samuel 1
• DAVID
• Known As: A shepherd boy, last-born of the family
• Task: To be Israel’s greatest king
• Reference: 1 Samuel 16

• EZRA
• Known As: A scribe
• Task: Lead the return to Judah and write part of the Bible
• Reference: Ezra, Nehemiah
• ESTHER
• Known As: A slave girl
• Task: Save her people from a massacre
• Reference: Esther
• MARY
• Known As: A peasant girl
• Task: Be the mother of Christ
• Reference: Luke 1:27-38
• MATTHEW
• Known As: A tax collector
• Task: Be an apostle and writer in the New Testament
• Reference: Matthew 9:9
• LUKE
• Known As: A Greek physician
• Task: Be a helper to Paul and writer in the New Testament
• Reference: Colossians 4:14
• PETER
• Known As: A fisherman
• Task: Be an apostle, leader in the early church, and writer of two New Testament letters
• Reference: Matthew 4:18-20