Paul Would Have Been Rejected

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Imagine this letter from a mission's board to an applicant: "We received your application and have come to the following conclusions: You're afflicted with severe eye trouble which is a handicap to effective ministry. You are doing part-time secular work by making tents on the side. The church in Philippi was the only church that supported you. It was also reported that you have a jail record. Certain brethren report that you did time at Caesarea and were imprisoned at Rome. You refer to yourself as aged. Our mission's policy is to only accept young applicants. We advise you to stick with tent making. Signed, The Foreign Missions Board." The applicant, of course, would be the apostle Paul. He was an unlikely missionary, yet the greatest apostle. You might not be a likely missionary or minister. God chooses and delights in those who aren't likely. Have you been discouraged from doing God's will? God only chooses those who are not qualified. He doesn't call the qualified; he qualifies the called. Just answer and go. God will take care of the rest. rn

From Message #909 - The Mission People