Who are they? What makes an everyday person? We like to label and rank people. I think we look down on people we group as ordinary because we prefer to be special. The common folk go about their daily lives experiencing the typical. None are elites or celebrities. I’ll add a bell-shaped curve to this idea. Statistically there is a 3% chance of being elite and a 3% chance of being an inferior. That suggests that 94% of us are everyday people who I just labeled as ordinary, common folk. We want to live our lives to the fullest and try to rise above our circumstances. We want to matter. How can we achieve significance under our own power? We hope to make a good family, choose the right God, look our best, impress the people to our right and left, be smarter than the rest, live long and healthy lives with purpose, have gorgeous children, gain wealth, be a respected leader, et al. There is no hope for me in this scenario but I know a guy. We are not alone. We were knitted in our mother’s womb by a loving God. He put gifts in us to equip us for the good works He has prepared for us in advance. We have every opportunity to be remarkable with the grace He has put in us. His many promises will come to fruition in us for we are created in His image. If we are at the bottom or the top or square in the middle – it will be as He declares.
