I woke up thinking about something a very wealthy client mentioned recently. They stated (but not rudely), “I require a certain level of service.” Immediately I thought of God and laughed. Not that He would ever say that, but if He did – His standards would be so ridiculously high who could ever offer Him service? Then I remembered… I serve Him!! How was He ever to expect perfect service from me? From laughter to near tears in seconds.
Suddenly it dawned on me that all this started with Him… it was ALL His idea. The impossible job of taking messy, sin-filled humans and turning them into acceptable forms of good service was something only He could accomplish. And amazingly He’s proven the process 1000’s of times in the lives of all those recorded in scripture. I am just one in a long list of imperfect selections.
Funny how something I’ve heard many times before can hit me fresh from a new angle. The awareness of a perfect God – requiring perfect service -from a imperfect servant like me, and how I could ever be made capable to do anything well enough for Him- overwhelmed me.
But God, in His total perfection: IS capable and IS able not only to recreate me from the inside/out, but make up any deficits of my service to Him, all while training me in righteousness. He is the God of impossible! Just incase doubts remain, He keeps washing souls in the blood of Jesus, filling them with the Holy Spirit, and using them for His Kingdom.
The only question I have left is… why me? I’ll ask Him someday, but for now, Ill be here, ready to serve the best I know how.
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