October 2 Qualified by God There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4 – 6 Throughout Scripture and history, it seems God has chosen the most unlikely and unqualified people to fulfill his plan and purpose on the earth. Most often, the response of those people has been to insist on their own unworthiness. And if they don’t — the people around them may do so, loudly and shrilly. And therein lies a danger: If we allow other people to tell us what we are and are not qualified to do, we will limit what God wants to do through us. We may never get to those who truly need our help. What is impossible with people is possible with God. We have to believe that God has called us to go into the world in his name, and not listen to the crippling labels and limitations imposed on us by others. Whom God calls, he qualifies — and he chooses everybody to do something specific, something that is part of his design. I am profoundly aware of how unqualified I am to do what God has called me to do. Yet I have found that God continues to call me out deeper and deeper, to trust and obey him. In fact, I am so far out in the deep that I have lost sight of the shore. I must keep my eyes on Jesus or I will sink. Some of the things I am doing, one actually could not get qualified to do — because the job profile does not exist! If we are going to forge new paths, unleash new ideas, and create new pipelines, then we must trust God to qualify us for the purpose to which he has called us. Make no mistake, I am a diligent student, but no matter how hard I study or how much I learn, God continually calls me out of my comfort zone, knowledge zone, and ability zone into his supernatural zone. Don’t limit your future by your ability; ask God to give you his. MOMENT OF REFLECTION When has someone told you what you were and were not qualified to do? How did you respond?
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:41:40 +0000
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