GOD DOES NOT CALL THE QUALIFIED, HE QUALIFIES THOSE HE CALLS

Have you ever woken up and thought of this? God I don't think I have got all it takes to do this. Don't worry I have been in that shoe severally and this has alway been the response of God- I don't call the qualified, I qualify those I call. Humans put in experience, degree, competence, ability but God put in your willingness.  God makes provision for anything he appoints you to and guess what?, he supplies strength as well.

In the Scripture, David was a young boy who was appointed as the king of Israel at age 17 not because of his experience, degree , competence but rather God lifted up a man who he had called. EVERYONE SAW DAVID THE SHEPHERD, GOD SAW THE KING OF ISRAEL.  WHAT DO YOU SEE?

And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].

                                      Roman 8:30 AMP

Before you were formed in your mother's womb, God had a plan for you and his plan for you( Jeremiah 1:5) is to prosper you and to give you an expected future (Jeremiah 29:11). When God calls you to an assignment, he isn't just giving you the task. He is letting loose your faith ( Hebrew 11:1).  Humans walk by sight , God walks by faith. Faith is trusting the heart of God even when you cannot see his hand.

Today, we celebrate Abraham , the father of many nations because a man decided to hold onto the Lord.  He trusted that whosoever he calls , he would also justify. Yes , the justification of Abraham was of faith ( Romans 4:1-8).

In the book of Judges 7-8 , God called Gideon even among many others and we saw that Gideon triumphed over the enemies because he had the strength of the Lord. In God, Gideon moved, lived and had his being.

When you are called, God expects you to be a human being and never a human doing.  A being understands that his sufficiency is of the Lord and not on others for the scripture considered that he who relies on the flesh just like his is nothing but a fool. Flesh fails , God never and he would never.  Why? God is not a man that he should lie nor the son of men that he should repent. Doing is trying to make things happen. Being is resting in God. He supplies all things needed.

BIRTHING FORTH THE CALL OF GOD

1. Trust ( Proverbs 3:5):  if a man can trust a pilot with a plane how much more God who is the author of all things.  Trusting God's not by power. It takes grace to trust in the Lord. God orders the steps of the righteous. Although humans we try to figure out things but God expects us to make him the driver of the wheel.

2 . Relying on the strength of God :The Spirit is always willing but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41).  The strength of man would always fail because the flesh cannot accomplish the work of the spirit. It takes the birth of God to birth forth the call of God.

3. Walking in the Spirit: In the scripture, we could see that Saul started with God but never ended with him. God is a spirit and desires that all men walk in the spirit.  Walking in the spirit keeps you focused and reminds you that the race is never for Swift.

4. Patience: Hebrew 12:1, to run the race the Lord has set before us with patience and endurance. To be all that God wants you to be, it all takes patience and endurance.  Patience is a virtue every man should embrace.

Arise and shine for thy light has come ( Isaiah 60:1).

Thank you for reading, see you on Wednesday.