Joyfully Qualified...through JESUS!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Don’t be afraid to drink it; God has prepared it just for you.

Do YOU feel qualified?      

     We’ve been talking this week about how God called Jeremiah to be a prophet and how Jeremiah was afraid, because he didn’t feel qualified. He was scared about what the people would think. He knew he was not smart enough, wise enough to tell anyone what to do….yet God had chosen him to confront the people of Judah with their sin.  That was a challenge, wouldn’t you think?

       But God had “appointed” Jeremiah.  And if God calls us to a specific task, you can rest assured that He will equip us to handle the job.  Truly, God has a purpose for each of us, but some people are “appointed” for specific kinds of work. 

For the GLORY of GOD!         

  Whatever work we do should be done for the glory of God.  If God gives you a specific task, accept it joyfully and cheerfully…then do it with diligence. If you have not heard a call from God regarding your “assignment” of JOY, then seek to love, obey and serve Him---until His guidance becomes clear about your specific calling.

            My prayer for each of you is Paul’s prayer in the first letter to the Philippians:

(Chapter 1:9-11)

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ---to the glory and praise of God.

 May we each listen to and heed His call as we drink in the JOY JUICE of Jesus.