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none are perfect

“Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossiper, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sara was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, Abraham was old… and Lazarus was dead...God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the CALLED!!”

My friend had it on their facebook and it hit home.  I am no where near perfect, so far from I can hardly see perfect in the distance.  Seeing perfect is a dot for me, but the fact is that God loves me, he has called me and has qualified me to do what needs to be done.

David was no where near perfect either, he had brought a married woman into his bed, had her husband killed in battle, and so many other things, yet he was a great king and a great servant of God.  I think that he was such a great servant because of verses like this. 

Psalm 143: 9-12 “Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in you.  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.  For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble, in your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. “

It is always good to be reminded that we don’t have to be perfect to be God’s children.  We are his children even when we aren’t perfect.  We are loved even when we don’t deserve to be loved.  I think that we need to take the verse above and pray it for ourselves.

What I really love about this is that David isn’t sitting there saying – Lord, make me perfect, I need this, I need that, me… me… me… as my prayers often are.  It is not centered around David but around God – around the Lord.  What a great example of how we should pray!  Putting God in the center, then HIS will will be done in my life.  He HAS qualified all of us and called all of us.  My prayer this morning is:

“rescue me from my sins, O Lord, let me hid myself in you.  Teach me to do YOUR will, for you are my God; my your good Spirit lead me on level ground.  For YOUR name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble, in your unfailing love, silence my enemies and fears; destroy the sin in my life, for I am your servant.”

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