I'm not ready! By Os Hillman

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I'm not ready!
By Os Hillman

November 8

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness'" (2 Cor 12:9).

If there is one thing that is consistent throughout Scripture, it is this:
God calls people when they are not ready. God will never call you into
service
when you think you are ready. This is intentional on God's part.

And, you can be sure when God calls you, you will have similar responses as
Saul did when he was called to be the first king, or Gideon, when he was
called
to take down the idols in his nation, or Moses, when he was called to
deliver his people from Egypt.

Saul answered, "But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel,
and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why
do you say such a thing to me?" (1 Sam 9:21).

"But Lord," Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in
Manasseh, and I am the least in my family" (Judg 6:15).

But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the
Israelites out of Egypt?" (Ex 3:11).

When God calls, you will most likely be in the most unlikely circumstances
to receive that call. You will be in the midst of a crisis, you will lack
resources,
you will not have the skills you think you need. This too is the way of God.

God does this because He wants you to know your call is only based on His
ability, not yours. When you think it is based on you, this is a false
humility.
And, it is unbelief and disobedience on your part.

Has God called you to something you have failed to do because you felt you
were not ready? Repent before the Lord and let God accomplish great things
through
you.

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