The Called

So today I finally accomplished my challenge to myself. I talked to a couple different people. I told you I'd pray for them and the other I asked about how I could pray for them and then prayed for them.

I got to admit that I felt awkward. It wasn't something that I'm comfortable with, not something I normally do. Shouldn't some real spiritual minister or priest be saying this stuff. Me? What makes me qualified that my prayers even do anything?

Then today Mr. Tharp told the story about Ehud. EHUD IS TOTALLY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought of how God created him specifically left-handed so that he could ignite the fire in Israel to be free and worship God.

Then I thought of how Ehud grew up. Think about it... You would be the only left-handed person. When you wrote... people looked at you funny... when you ate... people looked at you funny... when you grabbed objects... people looked at you funny. He probably thought "What would God use me for? I'm not like the other great prophets and warriors. I'm different." But God made those awkward things for his purpose. He didn't call Ehud based on his qualifications. He called Ehud because he had a purpose for Ehud in his will.

Another example for me is Zach Hunter. I knew him before lc2lc and before his book. This kid was shy, had a hard time with friends, and couldn't deal with stress without headaches. Not the kid who you'd expect to be freeing slaves all over the world.

There's a reason Ehud freed Israel and Zach frees slaves. They didn't obey because they knew they were the "creme of the crop", the "elite". They obeyed because they were called. It sounds so cliche but it's true: God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called.

So I guess that gives me no excuse. I need to be courageous and keep working on that rebelution.