1 Corinthians 1:26 26For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
You may think that you are a nobody, maybe even a has-been or a loser in
the eyes of the world. Take heart because God’s Word says that if you are
not wise, not mighty or not noble according to the flesh, then you are a
prime candidate for Him to call on! And when He begins to use you, you will see
His favor, power and increase change your life.
In the eyes of the ancient world, Moses was the rising star of Egypt. The Bible
tells us that in the first 40 years of his life, “Moses was learned in all the wisdom
of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds”. (Acts 7:22) But God could
not use him then because he was too smart, strong and full of himself.
It was only 40 years later, after having been in the unglamorous desert of
Midian, emptied of himself and thinking that he was a has-been, that God sent
him to confound the might of Pharaoh.
The world may pass them by — the weak, the small, the forgotten and the
losers, but God chooses them to confound those mighty in the world.
I know this to be true. As a little boy, I grew up facing rejection and ridicule
because of my Indian-Chinese racial mix. And as a teenager, I was the butt of
many jokes because of my stammering and stuttering.
When I was in my teens, I remember praying to God, “I don’t know what
I can do for or give You, but You got me — spirit, soul and body.” I don’t know
how many times I prayed that prayer. But I knew that God heard me because He
called me. Only God would dare choose me, a stammerer and stutterer, to pastor
a church for Him that has since grown to more than 24,000 members today.
I know what I was and where I came from. I know I have done nothing and
can do nothing apart from His anointing and grace in my life.
My friend, when you think that you are weak and small compared to others in
the world, that is when God can use you to do great and wonderful things for Him!
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