Nintendo changed the gaming world forever with the release of the NES home console, but it was the “Game Boy” that brought them to an entirely new frontier… a dedicated handheld gaming system. To launch their most ambitious project yet, Nintendo needed a “killer app”… a game that would resonate with the widest possible audience while showcasing the capabilities of their new portable system. But it wasn’t Mario or Donkey Kong who was chosen for this critical mission. It was a simple, unknown little game called Tetris… an iconic puzzler that didn’t look like much on the surface, but it contained the perfect blend of pick-up and play accessibility with an addictive gameplay hook that would carry the Game Boy to unprecedented sales and permanently alter the way we all play games.

On the surface, Tetris didn’t look like a title that would carry an entirely new platform, but those little monochrome blocks were exactly what the world needed… and similarly, the Lord doesn’t select us for our missions in life based on what others see on the outside. He looks at our heart, choosing to use these simple vessels of flesh and blood to carry His message with the power that comes from His Spirit. Let’s not allow our perceived limitations to talk us out of what we have been sent to do. He designed us for this.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

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