Recruiting from the pit
This fresh set of Daily Devotions is being provided for our LCA/NZ family, friends and visitors to help us to keep our eyes on Jesus as we face unsettling times. They can be used by families and individuals as part of the LCA/NZ’s Church@Home resources to encourage us and build trust in our Heavenly Father during this season of uncertainty and physical isolation.
by Jane Mueller
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For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).
You litter. You use your phone while driving. You never leave a slice of pizza for your brother. You cannot escape your addiction. You put others down to lift yourself up. You lie to your parents. You dishonour your spouse. You use God’s Name for self-seeking purposes. You reject Jesus over and over again.
If you think you are so substandard, so repulsive, that God can’t possibly have a calling on your life, you are sorely mistaken. If you feel inadequate or ill-equipped to fulfil your part in God’s plan, you’re not the first person.
God makes a habit of calling the most messed-up people and using them to achieve the seemingly impossible. Noah drank to excess. Jacob deceived his father and brother. Miriam was a mud-slinger. David committed adultery and murder. Jonah ran from God. Martha was anxious. Peter was impulsive and disowned Jesus. Paul persecuted Jesus and made death threats towards his disciples. And yet these people played vital roles in God’s plan.
This is evidence of what many have said: God doesn’t call the equipped, he equips the called.
Nothing you have done is so unspeakable that God can’t call you for his purpose. After all, you are fearfully and wonderfully made in his image. Surrender to God’s will. Listen to him. Believe him. Trust him. Listen to him again. Know that it is through your weakness that God equips you and makes you strong.
‘God tends to recruit from the pit, not the pedestal’ (Jon Acuff).
Hello God. What would you have me do today? Amen.
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