It’s snowing.
That fact alone is leaving me feeling a bit overwhelmed. When did it get to be practically-2014? I bet some of you are feeling the same way. Then I get overwhelmed by all the things I wanted to do and didn’t do, and should do, and could do, but don’t do…
Ever feel that way?
The problem for me is that when I start to get in that rut I begin to feel enormously inadequate. I look around and see people who have it together and are making strides. And I feel like a hot mess on an August afternoon.
So this afternoon while I was feeling a little blah, I began re-reading 1 Corinthians. It’s what the high school Sunday school class is studying now, but I’ve only taught on chapters 7 and 8. I hadn’t gone back to the start of the book until today. In chapter 1 I’ve got a whole paragraph highlighted. It’s verses 26-31.
“Brothers and sisters, 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. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
What a passage for those of us feeling overwhelmed or not up to par today.
When God called us into a life devoted to Him we probably weren’t super stars. And we probably still aren’t. This is His design. His plan, His work has always used the weak to lead the strong. It has always used the lowly to shame the mighty, and used the small to do His biggest work. Most of the Bible’s most iconic players were average, below average, and riddled with imperfection. So if you are feeling that way today, take heart. You are in the perfect place, the perfect state of mind, the perfect position to be used for greatness. You only have to submit to His plan and the possibility He has for your life.
For further reading check out James 1. Especially verses 9-11. It’s another reminder that God uses those who are not an image of wealth and perfection from a mortal view.
Amy
