Today we are going to look at 1 Corinthians 1:27 (KJV) . But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
(The Message Bible) Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses?
” Reinhard Bonnke once said, “In Christ even the least distinguished people carry kingdom status.” God calls simple and humble people. In the circle of humanity people tend to size you up, qualify and disqualify others according to social/economic status or simply their liking of someone. But God takes a whole different approach. He doesn't care how many followers you have on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or TikTok, He takes the initiative in saving people, calling and using simple humble individuals.
I have often felt inadequate an incapable. I have often thought, “Lord are you sure you want to use me?” Many times, in conversation with My Lord, I have reminded the Lord of all my failures and mistakes, I have even explained to Him all the different qualities I do not possess and college degrees I don’t have. I even express how insignificant I feel to be used of the Lord and how I feel I don’t measure up. And then He reminds me He knew everything there would be to know about before He formed me, yet He still chose me. He reminds me what I do have is the anointing, and according to Isaiah 10:27, it is the anointing that breaks and destroys the yoke. It is not a degree of higher education, it is not what my last name is or is not, it is not how big or small my bank account is, IT IS THE ANOINTING that gets the job done.
Don’t get me wrong I am not casting a stone on higher education, wealth, or anything of that nature. I am simply saying I don’t have those things and yet Christ still chose to call and use me. I have even had short comings in my life, things have happened that I am not proud of and yet Christ still loves me and has made room for me. And if He will use a David, or a Saul or someone like me, He will certainly use you if you make yourself available to Him.
God will use what you already have and if need be give you the rest. Each of us has something powerful to share. That is our story, our testimony. It is the narrative of our lives, it is how we recount the events that have taken place in our lives.
Your story is powerful, and it will help set others free. It is the events of your life; it is your story God takes a paint brush too and begins to paint it on a canvas to help others identify with Grace. Satan and people will attempt to use the things of your past to humiliate and disqualify you but it is the things we have been through that actually qualifies us and makes us useful to God.
Satan would like to use your story to mark you and damage the way you see and feel about yourself. But the unique thing about the story of a believer is that it says, “I once was, but now I am.”
• I once was lost, but now I am found
• I once was blind to sin, but now I see
• I once was broken, but now I have been made whole
• I once was hopeless, but now my life is full of hope, purpose and direction.
Christ doesn’t think like others nor does He choose us according to the standards of mankind. He has seen us at our worst, yet He sees us at our best. He sees what we can and will become through Christ which strengthens us.
I love you guys and I don’t want one of you to think for a minute you are not good enough, educated enough, to be used by God, for He has a plan for each of our lives. I want to leave you with this scripture today. It is a scripture one of my former pastor’s/mentors (Pastor Jeff McFalls) encouraged me with when I was struggling to find my way back in ministry after years ago after a difficult season in my life.
[Philippians 1:6] Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Want He Do It!
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