"For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called." (1 Cor. 1:26)

"General Eisenhower once rebuked one of his Generals for referring to a soldier as 'just a Private.' He reminded him that the Army could function better without its Generals than it could without its foot soldiers. 'If this war is won,' he said, 'it will be won by Privates.' In the same way, the common, ordinary, one-talent Christians are the very backbone of the church. We have our great evangelists, our super congregations led by dynamic elders, and our wealthy brethren who are able to finance great works. But, if the work of the Lord is to be done, if the gospel is to be taken to the lost, it will be the 'ordinary' Christians who will do it." (From Bible Illustrator)