Many people think that in order to be used of God, they must be a preacher, missionary, or what not. Or they believe the lie that God could never use them, that they are somehow not good enough.
Amos may have thought the same.
But God… God isn’t concerned about one’s abilities or talents. He is most interested in one’s availability and obedience. If He can use a donkey to speak, and He did, He can use anyone willing to surrender to Him.
I have always heard it said that, God doesn’t call the equipped. He equips the called.
What is God calling you to today?
I encourage you to say yes. You might not feel qualified. Don’t worry – he will qualify you. You might not think you can do it, but God can and will do it through you if you obey. Whatever he has asked of you, He will equip you for. God used Amos, a shepherd boy, and He can and will use you and me, if we say yes and surrender to His call!
--Mandy Lynn Carpenter
Image source: The Call of Amos, miniature found in Petrus Comestor’s Bible Historiale, France (1372), http://www.lectorprep.org/ordtime_15_yrB.html
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