Just Suppose

I was just thinking..."suppose God had waited until Moses was perfect before He called him to deliver his people?"

I recall in the Scriptures how Moses hemmed and hawed, finding every excuse in the books to let God know he couldn't do the job. But God didn't let something like stammering and a faltering speech get in the way. He used Moses anyway!

Suppose God had waited until Peter had been perfect before Jesus called him for a disciple. Peter had a lot of weaknesses. He was over‑confident, he had racial prejudice (which Paul pointed out later); he let Jesus down when he needed him most. What a poor selection! But God made good use of a poor prospect, anyway!

And just suppose God waited until you or I were perfect, before he allowed us to do the work of ministering in His Church. The church would fold up right now!

But, fortunately for all of us, God doesn't wait for perfect people. He can use weak, sinful, imperfect specimens to do the job. And that's what the Church of Jesus Christ is...a motley bunch of inadequate, imperfect folk (who realize what they are), but men and women who just do their best, knowing that God is working with them to join His perfect power with their stumbling weaknesses.

If you thought you needed to wait until you were better, to join the church, or to work in the Lord's Kingdom, put your mind at ease. The Lord has "in‑service" training for anyone who trusts Him enough to just take a chance with God, and jump in.