One
of the most devious tricks of the devil is to get us to say, "I can't"
to God. Is it really that you can't or
that you won't? Every creature, from the
snail to the leopard is made perfectly by God for whatever purpose our Lord has
planned. We make much of genetic
deformities as if that is sensible. What
we may call a deformity is in fact a way of expressing disbelief in God's
handiwork...as if He is a flawed artist.
If at any point God gives you direction and you are clear it is God, you
can be certain you are equipped and prepared for the task. Nothing about you is out of place or
lacking. It must be dumbfounding to the
angels that any born-again Christian would question God's call based on skill
sets and talents. Yet even Moses stood
at the burning bush arguing with Almighty God over his fitness to lead Israel
out of Egypt! What slander to confuse
defamation of God's work in you with humility!
It is not humble to turn down our Lord because we think we are
inadequate for the task! It is rather
outright rebellion against His rule.
Nothing amazes the world quite as much as the fisherman who stands the
world on its ear with his preaching or the tax collector who composes the very
first book of the New Testament or the lunatic who Christ proclaims will be
remembered eternally for her holy devotion.
How will heaven remember you?
Will you be compared to all those called by God who turned aside out of
fear or indifference or will you be known as the one who scorned the devil's
mocking of your readiness for the task and gave God all you had for your
Savior's glory? Will you stand on the
hill of your martyrdom and plant the banner of Christ there, declaring the land
irrevocably God's and His alone?
