[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Take hold of the plumbline immediately

[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Who says you are not good enough?

By Oke Chinye

Read: Jeremiah 1:4-8

Meditation verse: 

“Then said I: Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth” (Jeremiah  1:6).

“I’m not good enough”, “My best years are over” “I’m now too old”, “I have  wasted my life”. Do any of these words sound like you? Who says you are not  good enough? Not good enough for what? In the book of Exodus, Moses who  was slow of speech spoke at the highest possible level of authority. He spoke to  Pharoah to let God’s people go free. Little David killed giant Goliath in 1 Samuel  17. Jephthah the son of a harlot led a nation to victory in the book of judges.

Impetuous Peter who denied Jesus became a great and powerful orator and Saul  the murderer became Paul the greatest apostle of all times in the book of Acts.

Who says you are too old? Too old for what? Sarah gave birth to Isaac, the  promise child in her nineties. Grandma Moses, an American folk artist,  successfully began a painting career in her seventies. Her paintings became very  famous. Who says you have wasted your life? Who says your best years are  gone? Mary Magdalene whom Jesus cleansed of seven demons in St Luke’s  gospel, was the first person to see Him after His resurrection. The woman at the  well in the book of John who had had five husbands, went on to evangelize a  whole nation.

Who has condemned you? Not God, and it is His opinion that counts. God does  not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Stop condemning yourself. Stop  undermining your own success. Do not let your feelings of inadequacy rob you  of God’s plan for your life. Most of the biblical characters who did great exploits  all struggled with a sense of inadequacy. Jeremiah said he did not know how to  talk. Sarah laughed. Jonah ran away. David wasn’t even considered a candidate

for kingship by his father. God does not delight in the strength of a man. He has  time in His hands, and He can redeem anything.

You are not too old, you good enough, you are adequate, your life is not wasted,  your best years are ahead. Life is what you make it, always has been, always will  be”. All things are working together for your good. Relax!

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Dcns Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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