God doesn't call the qualified...

Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper,

David had an affair, Noah got drunk,

Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer,

Gideon was insecure, Mirriam was a gossip,

Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter,

Sara was impatient, Elijah was moody,

Moses stuttered, Abraham was old,

and Lazarus was dead.

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called!

 

This last weekend, I went to the Truth Weekend at Camp Chetek. One of the sessions was on the message of the Gospel. Brother Ben Schettler talked about how we can be missionaries even now. But before we share the message of the Gospel with others, we must understand and get a grip of the Gospel for ourselves.

 

Have you ever just sat back and thought about what Jesus did for us? God sent His perfect Son to the world to take on all our sins and die in our place. We should have died on that cross for all our sins, but Jesus took the punishment on Him and went through the agony of His Father turning His back on Him. If we don't have a grip on that truth, then we are going to have a hard time sharing it with others.

 

Then this morning, Brother Mark Zimmer and his family were visiting our church from Yap, Micronesia. He also talked about how the Gospel changes lives and how we must first have a grip on it before we can share it.

 

I am so thankful that God can use me for His glory. This poor, wretched sinner...it was in His perfect plan to create me disabled so that through me, His glory would be made known. The question is, Are we willing to let God use us? After all, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called!