2 Corinthians 3:4-5
We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

The spiritual life is superhuman. The things God calls me to are beyond my capabilities. The tasks before me are outside my skill set. The spiritual journey outpaces my strength. Check out Paul’s dose of reality in today’s passage. We are not “qualified to do anything on our own.” Say it with me, “I am unqualified.” When you admit that, things start getting good!

I will never be able to conjure up the confidence I need for the challenges ahead, but I don’t have to. My confidence is not in myself; it is in Christ. In Christ, I will have all I need to do all God is calling me to do. My qualification comes from him.

The fear of inadequacy is the futile exercise of trusting in myself. If I stop there, I will always be stamped as insufficient. However, if I begin there and turn to Christ, he will give me the confidence and competence to trust him at a new level on my spiritual journey. Say it with me, “My qualification comes from God!”

Dear Father, thank you for addressing my inadequacy with your sufficiency, my fear with your confidence, and my deficiencies with your competence. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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