Qualifications

I love how big of a deal qualifications are to everyone. "He's unqualified. She doesn't have the background. He's only pastored 200." I know I have had those thoughts before as much as I hate to admit it. How stupid of me. We are resume yo-yo's. If what is on the resume is stellar we are all in. But if something shows up that is less than desirable...we're out in a flash. We disqualify. Weak.

Why would I ever think that anything I have ever done would qualify me for what God created to me to accomplish? Nothing qualifies me for something that big. Nothing qualifies you for something as big as what God created you to accomplish. NO-THING. No job. No salary. No title. No staff. No endorsement.

Here is what qualifies you: God. If you are God's man or woman for the job, that's all you need. The best place to be is in that place where you say "God this is impossible. I can't do this." To which God says "I know but I can. Watch this."

So many times through Scripture God chose to use men and women who seemed so "unqualified". He did so because if the vessel looks too qualified they will get the glory. I remember reading a story in the Bible where God used a boy who spent too much time in a field, gave him a stone, gave him an opportunity, and that "unqualified" little boy changed a nation with that silly little stone.

That's what happens when God qualifies you. You make history. Qualify that.