Memories like this are priceless!
“Are you excited about the first day of school?” I asked the young Joshua..
“No,” he quickly replied.
“Why aren’t you excited?” I inquired.
He answered rather slowly, “I don’t know how to read good yet!”
Does this sound familiar? We think this same way when it comes to doing what needs to be done in our Christian walk.
“I’m not good enough.” “I’m not ready yet.” “I don’t know enough about the church.” “I don’t know many scriptures.” “I don’t even know all the books of the Bible.”
And the best one of all, “I’m too young.”
Jeremiah sported this complaint when God called him as a prophet.
“ ‘Ah, Sovereign Lord,’ I said, ‘I do not know how to speak, I am only a child.’
But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not say, I am only a child. You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you.’ said the Lord.” Jeremiah 1:6-8.
We all struggle with challenges because we lack self-confidence, or we feel that we have inadequate ability, training, or experience.
We should not allow these feelings of inadequacy to keep us from obeying God’s call. He will always be with us.
If God gives you a job to do, he will provide all you need to do it well.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane