Worthlessly Useful

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.   1 Cor 1:26

I love the hope that this verse supplies.  God chose to call me even though I was a nobody.  The only thing special about me was his fingerprints on my life.  I didn't grow up wealthy, live in a big house, or have name brand clothes.   I wasn't the star athlete, the brightest kid in class, or definitely the best looking.  I didn't go to the top notch college, I didn't drive the coolest car, nor was I most popular.

My story was different by the world's standard.  I wore what my parents could afford. I rode to school in a 1966 Ford Falcon, that my Granny drove till the day she died. It wasn't cool then, but I'd love a ride in it beside her today :). I married my high school girlfriend, in which I lived with unmarried.  I did what I had to do to remain above average.  I got divorced in college, did some really stupid things, hurt a lot of people, and dealt with a run of heavy drinking. The picture sure doesn't look like the world's or God's poster child for being called.

The good news, God didn't choose the over achievers.  He called the tax collectors, the murderer's, the unfaithful, and, the uneducated.   He chose those who really were incapable by the world's standards.   That's me!!!  He called me to make a difference for eternity. He called me to encourage the hurting, to love the unlovable, to build marriages, to help with finances, and best of all, to share the good news of our forgiveness in Christ!!

If you are waiting to get your act together in life to deal with God, you are deceived.  He's calling you as you are right now.