Glorify God Alone....Don't Worry About Endorsements From Man

Too young? Too inexperienced? Not enough "endorsements" or recommendations from folks in the know? Perhaps you don't have the pedigree or right people building you up. Maybe your resume is a bit short in some areas. However, whom God calls He also equips!

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is GOD who works in you both to will and to do for HIS good pleasure.(Philippians 2:12-13)

Many times others will not agree with God that you and I are called by God to do His work. They see our past, our failures and our shortcomings. We don't come from the proper "stock" or we do not fit the mold as one might say. But look back at the Bible: Dis Abraham fit the mold? How about Moses? Was David perfect? How "good" was Saul/Paul? If God would have gone by the standards of man rather than His choices, well, none of us would ever measure up. In fact, God has a HIStory of turning ashes into beauty, doesn't He? Simply be available to God. Young or old, inexperienced or a veteran of the faith, male or female, God has a role for us all. We must, however, be in tune to His voice and not the tickling, teasing voice of our culture! Glorify God alone!

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.(1 Timothy 4:12-16)