Another old email.. author unknown

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God Called YOU!!!

There are many reasons why God shouldn’t have called you, but don’t worry; you’re in good company.

·         Moses stuttered

·         David’s armor didn’t fit

·         John Mark was rejected by Paul

·         Timothy had ulcers

·         Hosea’s wife was a prostitute

·         Amos’ only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning

·         Jacob was a liar

·         David had an affair

·         Solomon was too rich

·         Jesus was too poor

·         Abraham was too old

·         David was too young

·         Peter was afraid of death

·         Lazarus was dead

·         Jon was sef-righteous

·         Naomi was a widow

·         Paul was a murderer

·         So was Moses

·         Jonah ran from God

·         Miriam was a gossip

·         Gideon and Thomas both doubted

·         Jeremiah was a bullfrog (just kidding ) – he was depressed and suicidal

·         Elijah was burned out

·         Martha was a worry-wart

·         Mary may have been lazy

·         Samson had long hair

·         Noah got drunk

·         Did I mention that Moses had a short fuse?

·         So did Peter, Paul - well, lots of folks did

But God doesn’t require a job interview. 

He doesn’t hire and fire like most bosses, because He’s more like a good parent than our boss.

He doesn’t look at our financial gain or loss.

He’s not prejudiced or partial, not judging, grudging, sassy, or brassy, not deaf to our cry nor blind to our need.

As much as we try, God’s gifts are free.

We could do wonderful things for wonderful people and still not be.. wonderful

Satan says, “You are not worthy”

Jesus says, “So what, I AM”

Satan looks back and sees our mistakes

God looks back and sees the cross.

He doesn’t calculate what you did in ’98

It’s not even on the record.

Sure, there are lots of reasons why God shouldn’t have called us.  But if we are in love with Him, if we hunger for Him more than our next breath, He’ll use us in spite of who we are, where we’ve been, or what we look like.

I pray that as Christians, we will step out of our limitations into the illimitable nature of who God is.  Then our passion for God and our passion to communicate to Him will make mince-meat of our limitations.