BBD 10.13.14 Inadequate (New)

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10.13.14

Inadequate

For with God nothing will be impossible. - Luke 1:37 NKJV.

Contemplating my life, I have decided that it does not matter what
task I have done during my lifetime, I have always been inadequate. Let me list
how pitifully inadequate I have been. I was inadequate when I was working as an
auto parts salesman, so much so that the owner of the business sent me to a
Dale Carnegie course to try to help me. Maybe it did, I’m not sure. In the
oilfield, as operator of pipe inspection units supervising the crews, I was
inadequate. There were always others better; more qualified than me, but the
job still had to be done. As a parole officer, I was inadequate to make
decisions that would alter the lives of those I supervised. I was inadequate to
make the recommendations in pre-sentence investigations that judges would
usually follow. But I still had to make those decisions that affected those
lives. As a pastor, there are so many others that have been much better pastors
of their churches. As a pastor, I have been inadequate and as a preacher I have
been inadequate, and as a writer I have been what? Inadequate. Let’s see what
else have I been inadequate at? I have been an inadequate father, grandfather,
husband, and worst of all, an inadequate Christian.

Have you ever felt like you were inadequate? Most likely all of
the saints of God who have gone before us have felt like they were inadequate
at times, although there may be some exceptions. Moses had some excuses for not
being the one to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt including this one: “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before
nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of
tongue (Exodus 4:10).” Gideon had a great
excuse basically saying that he was the weakest and least qualified in the
entire country for the job that God had for him. When God called Gideon here
was his excuse: “O my Lord, how can I save Israel?
Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s
house (Judges 6:15).” When God called Isaiah to be His prophet, Isaiah
voiced his inadequacy by saying, “Woe is me, for I am
undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts
(Isaiah 6:5).” Jeremiah had his own excuse of inadequacy saying, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth
(Isaiah 1:6).”

Moses,
Gideon, Isaiah and Jeremiah all believed that they were inadequate for doing
what God was calling them to do. What did God do with his inadequate servants
who felt so very unqualified to do what they were being called to do? God
qualified His unqualified inadequate servants empowering them to become heroes
of the faith. Even though the apostle Paul was known to have great learning, he
did not as an apostle depend upon his education alone. It was Paul who said in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.” Even Paul, needed the strength that only God could
provide to be the great missionary of our faith and the writer of a large
portion of the New Testament.

You may
feel that you are inadequate, unqualified, and incapable of doing what God has
placed before you. It does not matter! Because, God is very experienced at
qualifying the unqualified and making the inadequate, more than adequate. I am
still inadequate in so many ways; however, I know that if God calls me to do
something, His power will be upon me to make possible what seems impossible.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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our longtime friend Kenneth Brewer who has been hospitalized with some kind of
brain disorder and is not doing very well (Kenneth has made some improvement,
please continue to pray). Please pray also for my Aunt Ella Mae Dobbs how is in
hospital. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I
am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

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some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day” and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

10.13.14

Inadequate

For with God nothing will be impossible. - Luke 1:37 NKJV.

Contemplating my life, I have decided that it does not matter what
task I have done during my lifetime, I have always been inadequate. Let me list
how pitifully inadequate I have been. I was inadequate when I was working as an
auto parts salesman, so much so that the owner of the business sent me to a
Dale Carnegie course to try to help me. Maybe it did, I’m not sure. In the
oilfield, as operator of pipe inspection units supervising the crews, I was
inadequate. There were always others better; more qualified than me, but the
job still had to be done. As a parole officer, I was inadequate to make
decisions that would alter the lives of those I supervised. I was inadequate to
make the recommendations in pre-sentence investigations that judges would
usually follow. But I still had to make those decisions that affected those
lives. As a pastor, there are so many others that have been much better pastors
of their churches. As a pastor, I have been inadequate and as a preacher I have
been inadequate, and as a writer I have been what? Inadequate. Let’s see what
else have I been inadequate at? I have been an inadequate father, grandfather,
husband, and worst of all, an inadequate Christian.

Have you ever felt like you were inadequate? Most likely all of
the saints of God who have gone before us have felt like they were inadequate
at times, although there may be some exceptions. Moses had some excuses for not
being the one to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt including this one: “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before
nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of
tongue (Exodus 4:10).” Gideon had a great
excuse basically saying that he was the weakest and least qualified in the
entire country for the job that God had for him. When God called Gideon here
was his excuse: “O my Lord, how can I save Israel?
Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s
house (Judges 6:15).” When God called Isaiah to be His prophet, Isaiah
voiced his inadequacy by saying, “Woe is me, for I am
undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts
(Isaiah 6:5).” Jeremiah had his own excuse of inadequacy saying, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth
(Isaiah 1:6).”

Moses,
Gideon, Isaiah and Jeremiah all believed that they were inadequate for doing
what God was calling them to do. What did God do with his inadequate servants
who felt so very unqualified to do what they were being called to do? God
qualified His unqualified inadequate servants empowering them to become heroes
of the faith. Even though the apostle Paul was known to have great learning, he
did not as an apostle depend upon his education alone. It was Paul who said in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.” Even Paul, needed the strength that only God could
provide to be the great missionary of our faith and the writer of a large
portion of the New Testament.

You may
feel that you are inadequate, unqualified, and incapable of doing what God has
placed before you. It does not matter! Because, God is very experienced at
qualifying the unqualified and making the inadequate, more than adequate. I am
still inadequate in so many ways; however, I know that if God calls me to do
something, His power will be upon me to make possible what seems impossible.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Please pray for
our longtime friend Kenneth Brewer who has been hospitalized with some kind of
brain disorder and is not doing very well (Kenneth has made some improvement,
please continue to pray). Please pray also for my Aunt Ella Mae Dobbs how is in
hospital. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I
am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the
burningbushdevo devotional group by sending a blank email to
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in html format) by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org
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