• So many of God's men in the Bible were taken from the marketplace - the work force.
• Peter had to know how to fish for fish before he could fish for men.
• David had to shepherd sheep before he could shepherd people.
• Two things the marketplace does for people:
• 1) It separates - it's the great "winnower" of men.
• The marketplace naturally separates the wheat from the chaff.
• If you're not good at what you do you don't make it.
• 2) It prepares - it is God's training ground.
• It teaches you how to be valuable.
• Customer always comes first, little things matter, etc.
• When these men were in the way of their duty, they were in the path of their calling.
• God plucked them all out and put them on a different course.
Mark 1:16-20 (2/18/16)
Marketplace
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