What do these events have in common?

Build an ark when there is no rain

Surround mighty Jericho without carrying a weapon

Challenge an undefeated Goliath

Stand against a “hater” in order to save your people

Pray aloud, even when threatened with a fiery furnace

Give up fishing nets to follow the Messiah

Forgive those who throw stones in order to kill

Proclaim the Gospel to dignitaries, with no shame

Now, what do these men have in common?

Martin Luther, the great German reformer

William Tyndale, the English scholar, translator and printer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the valiant German pastor who resisted Hitler

Martin Luther King, Jr., the crusader for human rights

Billy Graham, the well-loved and well-respected evangelist from North Carolina

There is no doubt we could add to this list. It could run on so long as to never be finished.

Both lists involve ordinary people doing extraordinary things. All had dogged determination. They often stood against their peers. But they also had a solid faith that what they were doing was fulfilling God’s design for them, in that moment, in that time.

We are no different. We have been given a task. God’s design for us. For this moment. For this time. What is yours?