Many times, throughout our Christian Walk we will feel very unqualified to be used of God. But if we just take a look across the Bible’s landscape, we will see people chosen of God for mighty works that were down in a pit, not up on a pedestal. These people were oppressed & marginalized by society. They were outcasts, poor, and forgotten…except by God. In John 12:26, Jesus made it plain, “My Father will honor the one who serves Me.” And that means you…no matter if you’re an overwhelmed widow who feels like your life has ended also…or someone devastated by the ravages of drugs & alcohol…or an orphan lost in the Foster Care System…your current position in the pit is not an impossibility for God. In fact, He tends to recruit from the pit. That’s because, if we’re up on a pedestal, we’re highly regarded by others and ourselves…and sadly many a man has taken a fall off his pedestal through sin & scandals. Besides, pedestal perching is usually prideful self-seeking and self-serving “Look at me!”, or as we see in Matthew 6:5, the religious leaders loved to stand and pray on the street corners simply to be seen by others…performing only for the sake of public recognition and not worshipping God. And unfortunately, that was their only reward.
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