I Corinthians 1:26-31 ERV; Brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his. Think about that! Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence, and not many of you came from important families.  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. He chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  And God chose what the world thinks is not important—what the world hates and thinks is nothing. He chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important.  God did this so that no one can stand before him and boast about anything.  It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.  So, as the Scriptures say, “Whoever boasts should boast only about the Lord.”

Like young David with his 5 stones and sling shot and Gideon, threshing wheat in the wine press, hidden from public view and least of their fathers house, God picked them. Like Rahab, the harlot who helped the Israeli spies and saved herself and her family and went on to be in the line of King David and Jesus himself. Like Peter, who was not chosen by the priests to continue his education because he didn’t show promise and was returned to his fathers house to learn the family trade of fishing. Chosen. Hand picked by God, not because they were smart, rich or had significance. No just the opposite. It’s so all would know it was God.

We as humans tend to look at whether they are qualified for the job. God looks for the unqualified. We look at whether they possess wisdom and understanding, present themselves as having it all together. Jesus chose dirty, smelly, unkept fishermen who worked midnights. He didn’t say, “Clean yourself up boys and after several years of education and a degree in evangelism, you can lead the team.” No, he simply said, “Follow me, I’ll make you fishers of men.” These men were sent into villages before Jesus died, to heal the sick and cast out demons. I wonder just how many mistakes they made? Did that disqualify them? No!

After just 3 years, they received the Holy Spirit and nearly the whole city was converted. How does THAT happen? All glory to God. Isn’t it great to know that once we believe on Jesus and accept His leadership in our lives, we can go and make disciples? We don’t have to wait to be ‘qualified’, we simply read His Word and follow His example. Loving, healing, giving, doing. 

God is searching throughout the earth to find those who just can’t do it on their own. Yes, that’s right. We have enough people taking just one more bible class, one more year of college, one more seminar on evangelism. There’s nothing wrong with all that, but He simply said, “Be doers of the Word and not hearers only.” We need more doers! What are you afraid of? If you were on a road with the bridge out, wouldn’t you want someone to simply tell you that the bridge is out? Hey, we have enough technology we could actually take a picture of the bridge that’s out and show them. 

I leave you with this verse from Paul in Philippians 4:9 NKJV; The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.