God Showed Them Extraordinary

How can an ordinary woman see ordinary things and receive extraordinary words from God?
God showed them extraordinary: Moses, Caleb, Gideon, … (This will be a small list. As I realized that I had so many more on the list, but realized I could be here all day!)

Moses:
Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

Seriously, strike a rock God?  Woohoo!  Yes, even from striking a rock God can create a miracle.

Caleb:
Numbers 13:1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” 3 So at the LORD’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran…. 17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not?... Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.”
21 So they went up and explored the land … 25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron ..There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. "

Caleb was told: explore the land that God is GIVING the Israelites, come back and report!  Sounds simple…He did it, reported and stood in faith ready to enter the land given!  He didn’t do anything extraordinary.

Gideon:
Judges 6-7  
6:11The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.”
Mighty warriror? He hadn’t done anything yet?  God sees whom He created us to be, then shapes us to become our destiny.  Read the rest to discover the simple things he did that led to an amazing outcome!
7:13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.” 14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.” … 19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. …20 “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all on each other with their swords. The army fled…

It’s not like God ordained these amazing men to do amazing things, then commanded the writer’s to tell of their amazing deeds.  God took ordinary men & women, asked them to do ordinary things, then showed them to be extraordinary!
What ordinary thing is God asking you to do that seems like it’s pointless.  Is that really you, Lord?  This is too simple.