IM NOT QUALIFIED ENOUGH

"I'm not qualified enough to do this". A declaration I'm sure many of you along with myself have said once or twice or maybe more times than we'd like to admit.

Not qualified enough...to raise this child

Not qualified enough...to disciple 

Not qualified enough...for ministry work

Not qualified enough...for this job

I used to believe that I needed to "feel" qualified or have a level of confidence in the positions the Lord placed me in to truly walk in them well. Yes, having confidence in Gods ability to work through us is a nessisary aspect of our faith and yes, there are definitely a few things the Bible has to say about qualifications in different areas of the church and our walk. However most of the feelings of being unqualified come from comparison. 

Througout the history of Scripture, God consistently used those who felt unqualified and meek to accomplish His work on the Earth. To name a few -David, Solomon, Joseph, Esther, Ruth, Moses, Miriam, Deborah, Lydia, and the list goes on.

He did that 

So that HE would get the Glory

So that HE could grow their faith in Him

So that HE would get the recognition 

So that HE would be known for who He is. 

There might be someone who seems more knowledgeable in their mothering or maybe seems to have a gift to share the deep things of the Lord. But easy flowing words and seemingly seamless mothering doesn't qualify a person for good works. Only God can do that. I hear so often that Jesus doesn't call the qualified but qualifies the called. What a truth statement! 

What would it look like if we became a people who didn't look to ourselves or comparison to qualify us but heavenward?

Maybe our service would carry a bit more humility. 

Maybe we would learn to do it afraid but with confident dependence. 

Maybe we would be content in God getting the Glory. 

These are the thoughts I wrestle with when I examine my own heart. As I read account's in my Bible (like the one I'm reading now in 1 Samuel about the anointing of Saul as king) I'm becoming less attached to the need to feel qualified or affirmed by man and more and more settled with the "I will be with you" qualification of my Father in heaven. 

 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, - 1 Corinthians 1:26-28