“But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put
to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to
shame the things which are mighty.” 1 Corinthians 1:27
Yesterday I was called
to preach in a small village church. God gave me a promise to speak to that
people and so I happily went to share God’s word. There I met the elder of the
church and the pastor.
The pastor conducted
the worship and then he asked the elder to read out a chapter from Psalms and
also asked him to share a thought from that. The elder started to read a
particular chapter and as I watched him, I noticed that he made so many
mistakes while reading.
He struggled a lot to
read that chapter and I was thinking like what he is doing. Once he finished
reading, he started to share a thought from that particular chapter. As he
begun to share God’s word from that passage, a lady who was sitting in the front
begun to weep. Whatever he shared was a short abstract of the message that God
has asked me to share with them and I could feel the power of God’s Spirit
flowing through him in such a way that it touched the heart of that woman and
she begun to cry. I could understand that God spoke to her through him.
When I was returning
back, I was thinking how God can use such a man who can’t even read a verse
properly. The answer I got was: It’s impossible with men but it’s possible with
God.
God can use a nobody
to bring glory to His name. He doesn’t need a qualified or a well studious
person to share His word or to do His work. Bible says that God has chosen the
foolish and weak things of the world to put to shame the wise and the mighty.
God chooses the despised
ones to bring glory to His name. The disciples of Jesus Christ were not
qualified people but yet God called them and He made them qualified and did
mighty things through them.
My dear young friends,
you might be despised by many. You might feel like you are a foolish man or
foolish woman. You might feel like you are weak. Do not get discouraged. God
has chosen you and He will do mighty things through you. Just surrender
yourself to God and yield to His will. He will take you in His hands and will
glorify His name through you. Many people and nations will receive God’s
blessing through you.
“...Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.” – Zechariah 4:6
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