Friday Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 1:27
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Devotion:
God has chosen well; we may not think so because our ways are different to God’s ways and our judgements are nothing compared to God’s. Take King David for example – how many of us would have chosen the shepherd boy to be king out of a family of warriors and leaders? God is the one who knows us from the inside out and He alone is the one who does know what is best for us.
God does not always choose the most handsome, most courageous, most advanced, most intelligent people to become leaders of faith; instead He chooses those that He knows will come round to doing His will. If we knew Jonah we would probably not have chosen Him to go to Nineveh to get them to repent – but God knew what was going to be best so that not only would He get His work done but that He would be glorified for many years to come!
When I was chosen to be youth leader at our church I sure would not have picked me! I thought I knew what I was like and I thought I knew what I would be like. Instead God chose me to come forward to teach His children for many years and that is what I now do faithfully – not because I can, but because I now know that it is His will in my life. I know that it is His will that I step forward and say “here I am, take me” when someone needs help to teach youngsters. I do not count myself as an accomplished leader but rather a faithful follower of Christ’s example. It is not my will, but His will... and boy does that make me stretch beyond my pre-conceived limits sometimes!
Points to Ponder:
Are you restricting your growth according to your ideals?
Are you preventing God from working with you?