Only a blast of rams’ horns and a shout—and God made the walls of proud Jericho crumble to their foundations, and the key of all Canaan was in the hand of Israel! (Joshua 6)

Only two women—one, Deborah, inspired courage in the fainting hearts of Israel’s men—the other, Jael, with a hammer and nail laid Israel’s master low; thus the end came to twenty years of mighty oppression! (Judges 4–5)

Only an ox goad—but with it six hundred Philistines were slain, and Israel delivered by Shamgar’s God! (Judges 3:31)

Only a trumpet blast, the smash of a lighted pitcher, a shout—but by these, and Gideon, God delivered Israel from the seven-year yoke of the Midianites! (Judges 6–8)

Only the jawbone of an ass—yet heaps of Philistines fell before it because God strengthened the arm that wielded it! (Judges 15)

Only a sling and a stone sent with unerring precision and directed by Almighty God—and that day Israel’s mighty men were put to shame: the giant Philistine was slain, and God’s honor was vindicated! (1 Samuel 17)

Only a few ignorant yet wholehearted and consecrated men and women—but by the power of God they were to put men in possession of that Eternal Salvation which would transform its possessors into the likeness of the Son Himself and ultimately land them in Eternal Glory!

If you are one of the base, foolish, weak ciphers of this world, then the very same power, from the very same Lord, for the very same purpose, will be yours! W. T.

Under the control of God ordinary instruments become extraordinary.