Day 16: 1 Corinthians 1:26-27

“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;”


I love how God turns the world on it’s head. Do you have to be extremely smart to be a leader in God’s Kingdom? Do you have to be someone of high birth? Do you have to have a lot of money or be extremely powerful?

The answer to all of these is no. It is not in our own power or the power of our possessions that God uses us as leaders. It is in His power. And many times our God uses the not so smart, the not so popular, and the not so noble to really push forward the Kingdom of God from a place or person that no one thought was possible.

Think about Jesus (please). He was born in the most humble of circumstances, had no formal earthly training, and was a carpenter by trade. Oh, and the Savior of the World. We can’t judge a book by it’s cover because God doesn’t work like that. What seems to be the reality rarely is with God, because He doesn’t work like we’d expect Him to.

Some of you might be afraid that you can’t step out and lead because you’re not smart enough. Many of you think you don’t have the resources to do what God has called you to do.

May I remind you about who our God is? This is the God that fed the Israelites for years in the desert on manna that dropped from the sky. This is the God that turned Joseph from slave to second in command of Egypt. This is the God that raised Jesus from the dead. That’s a pretty big God, and whatever He wants to do, He’ll do it.

Don’t think you have to go into leadership with a certain skill set, a certain amount of money, or a certain IQ. God provides to His people what they need to carry out His work. You are never alone.

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE: God will make you into whatever He needs you to be. Don’t worry about your education, IQ, position in life, or bank Account. God doesn’t look at those things as qualifiers, and neither should you.

Here’s a set of verses to meditate on today: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Prayer: Father, make me what you need me to be for Your service. Help me to not worry about what I am now, but only what You will make me into. Thank you for allowing me to participate in Your work, and thank You for saving me. In Christ’s Name, amen.