Today's OneWord is "Credentials"

Today's OneWord is 'Credentials'

Have you ever felt as if you were the least likely person God would choose to accomplish His will? The Bible is full of people that God used who were insignificant. He loves to use the no names, nobodies, forgotten, weak, and powerless to make a difference for His glory. You know the story of Esther. Look at Esther's qualifications. She came from  people who were living in exile. She had no higher education and no money. She was an orphan, but God chose her to become queen and save her people from genocide. God uses whom He pleases to change the world. All He requires is a willing heart and obedience to His Word.

We may not have the qualifications like Esther, but we are letting past behaviors keep us from being used by God. Now walk down the memory road of your past and see if you are letting old behaviors, old problems, old concerns, and old challenges count you out.  If you were once a harlot, He can use you. He used Rahab. If you were once an outcast, He can use you. He used Ruth. If you were once an adulteress, He can use you. He used Bathsheba. If you slept with your father-in-law, He can use you too. He used Tamar. What's so profound about these women, who behaved badly are that when you read the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 4, you find their names. These women had questionable credentials, but God did not count them out.

They became part of Jesus' genealogy through the sovereign grace and mercy of God! "God… is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). If He used bad girls who had questionable credentials, do you think He could use us today. I do. He is using me. If the truth be told, we all were once children of God who behave badly that is being used by God now. No matter what your past may have been forgiving yourself and let God use you for His glory.

As much as we do not like whom we used to be, what we used to do or how we used to do it, He loves sinners and wants to use us. We cannot choose the family we were born in, but we can choose to break the generational curses. We cannot control the conditions of life, but we can control how we respond to them. Live lessons are not coincidental, but beneficial. Some people think they have no power to affect change, but God works out the circumstances in our past for our benefit to complete His plan for our lives. Stop letting the past hurt you, pull you down and prevent you from living.  Remember you were created for such a time as now.

Take a look at your credentials, whether you were misbehaving or not, and do not count yourself out God can use you.

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Much love,

Monica Johnson "Unstoppable"