But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise,
and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things
which are mighty and the base things of the world and the things which are
despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the
things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.
~ 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
Do you ever feel you aren't good enough for God? That you aren't smart
enough, pretty or handsome enough, educated enough, successful enough, thin
enough? That you need to be like Charles Stanley or Chuck Swindoll before God
can use you? I have good news for you :)
God isn't looking at those standards when He looks for people to use. He
looks for the weak vessel so that His power shines through. He chooses normal
people like you and like me so that the world can see He is our strength. He
takes the people the world despises and raises them up to reach the lost and
broken souls that so many ignore. He chooses us so that when the world sees
us, there is no reason to doubt that God is in our lives and He is able to
save us. And we glory in Him.
Lord, thank You for seeing me and loving me as I am, and for choosing me to be
with You. Help me to learn that it's only in Your power that I accomplish
anything, and that when I am weak, then You are strongest in my life.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
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