It’s a good thing we don’t have to pass any litmus test to be ‘qualified’ to be of use for the Lord. We may have ‘reasons’ to put off/postpone any assignment He calls us to, but qualified doesn’t happen to be one of them. So what’s your excuse to not do what you’re called to do? Too young? Too old? Not articulate enough? Not knowledgeable? Simply not qualified… yet?
When you think about ‘qualified’ you can inevitably jump to some of the great people in scripture in order to compare yourself. But… are they as perfect as you think? Just as an example, someone noted that: Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossiper, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sarah was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, Abraham was old and Lazarus was dead. What a group, yet they accomplished mighty things.
That list of people were far from qualified and yet God used them and they became the fathers and mothers of faith. And what is the quality that made them of value? Availability. Those people were willing to be used by God, they put themselves in a position to be of use. As they presented themselves, during the process of doing what was asked, they became qualified.
How many times have you heard that God doesn’t call the qualified…. He qualifies the called? When you accepted Jesus as your Lord then you became one of the called (it’s part of the definition). And God will never call you to do something you absolutely could never do. What He often does is to call you to something that seems to be beyond you – and it may be, but He doesn’t leave you to your own devices, He is with you in the situation. You are qualified. Are you available?
