Ephesians 2:10, “For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above – spiritually transformed, renewed, READY TO BE USED] for good words, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].” (AMP) I
If we think our family is messed up, just look at Jesus family tree and the junk that was on his tree. What junk do you have on your family tree? Abraham was a pimp he pimps out his wife Sarai and made profits from it. "God recruits from the pit not the pedestal." "God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels." Never allow where you start to dictate where or how you will finish.
You see many of us are sometimes embarrassed by our relatives, we think we have dysfunctional families, dysfunctional is defined as something that is flawed and doesn't operate correctly, or someone that deviates from normal and accepted social behavior. An example of something that would be described as dysfunctional is a family that fights all the time and that deviates from the accepted way a family is supposed to behave.
I know I am going to get some eyebrows raised on the reading for today. Why? Because some of my male friends in leadership roles, have questioned me using such a strong word "Pimp"and there are some others who agree with my message. While searching some scriptures to validate my reading, I was quite surprised to see this topic appear over and over again during my search by leaders who had preached the message "Abraham Was A Pimp." Now, let us see what the Bible have to say about Abraham and many other relatives on Jesus family tree.
When David first arrived at King Saul's palace, he was a simple, unknown shepherd boy. But he had an impressive résumé nonetheless! God, in essence, said, 'I saw you kill the bear and the lion; I was watching your courage, leadership, fighting ability and strength when you didn't even realize I had my eye on you.' Solomon wrote, 'A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.' (Proverbs 18:16). David's ‘gift’ may have only been the ability to accurately swing a slingshot, but it opened the door to his future as Israel's king! So even though what you have got does not seem like much, give it to God and watch what He can do with it! You say, 'But I'm not formally trained.' But All God requires is that you show up, say yes, and make yourself available! When you give God what you have, He gives you what He's got; and that alone makes your odds unbeatable! People of God, regardless of where you come from, your family structure, gender, ethnicity, age, education, employment, handicaps or even failures, you still have enough to accomplish great things!
Now, you need some ‘biblical’ examples instead, here are a few you should always revert to when you feel unqualified or unequipped: Jesus’ family tree is filled with the sorts of people you would expect to see on TMZ. If God were to take human flesh, you would expect him to take the flesh of a much different family.
For instance-
There’s Abraham, who tried to cut his son Isaac’s throat. Isaac survived to be the father of Jacob, an unscrupulous but entertaining character who won his position in Jesus’ family line by lying and cheating his blind, old father. Abraham tried to pimp out his wife Sarai PSA: Do not model your family by Abraham’s example. I am sure he was a nice guy, but still.
First off, as the story begins, God appears to Abraham (still named Abram at this point), and promises to make of him a “great nation”—read, “a ton of offspring”—and a nice patch of land to call his own, presently (and inconveniently) occupied by the Canaanites (Genesis 12:1-9).
Well, the ink is hardly dry on that story when a famine enters the land, thus forcing Abraham and his wife Sarah (still named Sarai) to hightail it to Egypt so they cannot starve. And if that sounds familiar to you, well done looking to Egypt for food during a famine anticipates how the book of Genesis ends, with Jacob and his sons moving to Egypt because of a famine.
Anyway, all this is fine and dandy, but the problems begin when, on the way to Egypt, Abraham realizes that Sarah is a “woman beautiful in appearance” (12:11), and so surmises that the Egyptians are going to kill him so they can take Sarah into Pharaoh’s harem.
Abraham’s solution is not to turn back—since dying of starvation is still on the table—but to suggest a ruse. Namely, that she presents herself as his sister, for what appears to be an utterly self-serving reason.
. . . and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account.” (12:12-13)
In fact, he seems to make a profit in the deal.
And for her sake he [Pharaoh] dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys, and camels. (12:16) Way to go Abraham. Gutsy move. Seriously. Way to pimp out your wife.
Pimp is defined as: (I decided to go with this definition) someone who caters to or exploits the weaknesses of females, a panderer who appeases the interests of a potential purchaser where he benefits off of the proceeds without care for moral principles and often in a negative, self-serving way.
How about having some faith in God here? The same kind of faith you just showed when God called you out of your home in Haran to move to Canaan, and you simply up and left. Now, at the first sign of trouble (after all, what’s a little famine to the Almighty?), you press the panic button: Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me.
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was incredibly beautiful. When the officials of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; …(GEN 12:14-16A)
So far, everything is happening the way Abram predicted. When Pharaoh heard his officials tell him how beautiful Sarai was, she was taken into Pharaoh’s house. As her “brother,” Pharaoh dealt well with Abram. Just how did he deal well with her “brother”?
…and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys, and camels.
Foreshadowing the Exodus
But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. So, Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone.” And Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had.
Abimelech, King of Gerard: Another Unwitting John? When Abraham sojourned in the territory of Gerar, Abimelech the king also took Sarah (Sarai and Abram’s names were changed in Genesis 17) into his household, because she was beautiful. This time, God speaks to the man who took Sarah from her “brother.”
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.” (GEN 20:3 ESV)
Now it sounds like he has had sex with her, and God is about to avenge her husband. But here is what we read just a little later. After Abimelech protests that he is innocent, because Abraham told him she was his sister, God says this:
“Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore, it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her.” (GEN 20:6 NRS)
So, it says he took her, which would normally indicate they had sex. But it also says God kept Abimelech from sinning against me and did not let you touch her, which means they did not have sex.
If you only look at the text about Abraham and Sarah in the land of Egypt, you will have to conclude Sarah slept with Pharaoh, because he took her as his wife. That is usually what that means. But since we have this case where a man “took her” [as a wife] but never “touched her” (because God prevented him), it is possible this happened with Pharaoh as well.
Gerar “In the Hands of an Angry God”
Like Pharaoh, God visited Abimelech and his people with a plague (20:17-18; cf. 12:17). They must have been wondering what was wrong. Finally, they knew. God tells him how to remedy the situation.
“Now then, return the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.” (GEN 20:7 NRS)
This is the only verse that specifically calls Abraham a prophet, but he has already been playing the role of a prophet in many ways. Of course, the king must restore the prophet’s wife to him. Abraham, as a prophet, will then pray and heal Abimelech and his household of their plague of childlessness that started when he took Sarah into his household.
What Have You Done to Us?
Naturally, he is furious with Abraham for putting him in that position.
So, Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants and told them all these things; and the men were very much afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.” And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?” (GEN 20:8-10 NRS)
How have I sinned against you, that you have brought this great guilt on me and my kingdom? That sums it up quite well. Abraham brought the guilt upon them. That is no way to treat your host. Why would Abraham do this? It is the same story we heard when he went to Egypt.
Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, there is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.” (GEN 20:11-12 NRS)
This is where we find out Sarah is his half-sister.
“Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. Abimelech said, “My land is before you; settle where it pleases you.” (GEN 20:14-15 NRS)
More sheep, oxen, and male and female slaves. And this is to a man who already has a lot of these (13:2). After restoring his wife, Abimelech allows him to settle anywhere in his territory. That was especially important to a man like Abraham with no land of his own. Could he have negotiated this without bringing plagues on his host?
Sarah is Innocent … This Time To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your exoneration before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.” (GEN 20:16 NRS)
Abimelech declares in the open she is completely vindicated and restored to her husband, and nothing happened between them. She keeps her honor. But was that true in every place they went? Did she succeed in keeping every king from touching her? Or was Abraham pimping her out for cattle, sheep, slaves, gold, and silver everywhere they went? And was Sarah really unwilling? The first time, she might have just gone along because everything happened too fast for her to think it through. What if Abraham is right and they will kill her husband? But if they kept doing this everywhere, they went, she had to be a knowing accomplice.
There is no way Abraham and Sarah look good in this. Sarah might have done it reluctantly the first time to protect her husband. But by the time they got to Abimelech, they had to be a team on this. The king’s officials ask about her and Abraham’s relationship, and they say they are brother and sister. That is half-true but omits the most important detail.
The king takes her into the palace so he can woo her. Sarah plays coy but most likely slept with some of the kings they scammed. God shakes down the king with plagues. The king pays them, so Abraham will pray and remove the curse. So, every time, Sarah and Abraham leave richer than they came in. We do not know how Abraham became rich in Haran but doing this in every place is how they became extraordinarily rich.
And this is the man and woman God chose to initiate the God’s covenant with the Jews? The bloodline of the Messiah officially starts with them. That seems to be why God protects them. The Bible does say that God’s call and gifts are irrevocable, apparently even for such scoundrels (Romans 11:29).
Jacob’s name, "deceiver," does seem to characterize much of Jacob’s life. But he was also Israel, one to whom God made promises to which He remained faithful. God appeared to Jacob, and Jacob believed God’s promises. Despite Jacob’s faults, God chose him to be the leader of a great nation that still bears his name today.
The name "Jacob" means deceiver. Jacob was crafty, tricky, and skilled in the ways of lying and manipulation. He was the kind of person who had big dreams and ambitions and was always looking for an angle. He wanted a blessing.
True to his name, Jacob grew up as a conniver, deceiver, and cheat, and he eventually supplanted his brother’s position as heir to the birthright. After Jacob’s struggle with the Lord at Peniel, the Lord gave Jacob a new name: Israel. And God gave the reason: “Because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome” (Genesis 32:28). Jacob got cheated himself when he ‘got to know’ the wrong girl by mistake and became the father of Judah. Judah made the same mistake with his own daughter-in-law, Tamar. Tamar had cheated him by disguising herself as a prostitute.
(I mean: Hebress with a heart of gold) I am telling you: these are not the sort of people you would invite for Christmas.
Many first-time Bible readers are surprised to learn that the New Testament begins with a genealogy (Matthew 1:1-16), Jesus’ family tree. Those same readers are even more surprised when Rahab shows up on the list.
Most of us know about her. She is almost always mentioned by in the Bible as “Rahab the harlot." But that is not all. Rahab was also a Canaanite-who were the hated enemies of Israel. Her most exemplary deed was telling a lie. Think about that. A Harlot, a Canaanite, and a liar. You would not think she would have much chance of making the list, but there she is.
You can read about Rahab in Joshua 2 and Joshua 6....
It is a great story with many lessons, but we must not miss the point that Rahab was a harlot. That was her “trade.” The men hid there because people would be accustomed to seeing strangers come and go at all hours of the night. We also cannot deny the fact that Rahab told a bald-faced lie. Is there anything good we can say about her? Yes! She was a woman of faith. You do not have to take my word for it. Hebrews 11:31 says, “By faith Rahab ...” She was a believer! 3 Lessons from Rahab in the Lineage of Jesus3 lessons from Rahab in lineage of Jesus
What does your past whisper to you?
Maybe these whispers haunt you from choices you made years ago. Maybe those choices were yesterday.
Today, we are looking at Rahab, the second woman in Jesus’ family tree of Matthew. Rahab — a woman, a Canaanite, a prostitute. It is absolutely eyebrow raising that Matthew names Rahab in Jesus’ family tree. And yet, there are vital gospel lessons from Rahab in the lineage of Jesus.
Rahab’s story starts in Joshua 2. After wandering 40 years, Israel was poised to take the land of Canaan and the first city in its sights was Jericho. Joshua sent two spies into Jericho who went into the house of Rahab, a prostitute whose home was on Jericho’s walls. Surely with all the unknown men going in and out of the prostitute’s house, the Hebrew men would not be noticed. But they were, and when Jericho’s king demanded Rahab turn over the spies, she bravely hid them in piles of flax on her roof, telling the king’s men they had already fled. That night, as the two spies were safely hidden on her roof, Rahab made a bold claim and request. We know the LORD has given you this land, she said, and Jericho is utterly helpless and hopeless.
But Rahab had one hope. One Who is Hope. “[T]he Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below,” she confessed and surrendered herself to God’s mercy. She asked the spies to spare her life and her family’s lives when Israel attacked Jericho, just as she had spared the two spies. “Save us from death!” she pleaded. The spies promised to protect Rahab and gave her a scarlet cord to hang from her window. Safety would be guaranteed only those inside Rahab’s house.
As Jericho waited for attack, tension and fear were palpable. It grew worse as day after day the Israelite army marched silently around Jericho’s wall and then left.
Rahab kept the scarlet cord in the window of her house, where on the seventh day, the army advanced once more and marched seven times around Jericho’s thick walls. Suddenly, the Israelites let out a tremendous shout and the entire wall surrounding Jericho imploded on itself. Every bit of the city, its buildings, and its inhabitants were destroyed — except Rahab and her family. “So, the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, and brothers—everyone connected with her. They got the whole family out and gave them a place outside the camp of Israel.” (Joshua 6:23)
But God did not leave Rahab outside the camp. He brought her smack dab to the center of Jesus’ family tree. As we scroll through the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham we find Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Matthew 1:1-5, Okay, so Rahab was saved and brought into Israel. But why would God intentionally call Rahab out in Matthew’s lineage of Jesus?
Lessons from Rahab in Lineage of Jesus
1.God saves those with a past. No matter what our past whispers to us, no matter what our past holds, our past is the reason Jesus was born.
Rahab can come across in scripture as a shrewd businesswoman who chose her profession to make a good living. But maybe she was more like the women my dear friend ministers to in the adult entertainment world. Perhaps Rahab came from a place of deep brokenness or childhood trauma. Maybe her past was one of pain or abuse that left her trapped by disrespect and shame. Maybe Rahab had been rejected or abandoned and made a desperate choice to meet her growling stomach. Night after night, choice after desperate choice had become a life she never intended. What whispers did Rahab hear? Condemnation? Fear? Shame? Worthlessness? Too many mistakes, too much regret and too late for change?
The good news is that no choice we ever make, no scars ever inflicted, no drink taken, or words flung, or body misused can keep us from the saving grace of Jesus. Our past is never good enough to earn God’s salvation nor shocking enough to keep us from it.
2. God uses those with a past. Maybe you can nod and amen that God can save anyone with a past but here is where you get stuck: believing that God can use anyone with a past as well.
Let Rahab’s story convince you. God used Rahab mightily despite her past. In the first battle to conquer the Promised Land, God used Rahab to not only save the spies, but save her family. But God had even more for Rahab. God used Rahab to shape the character, faith and godliness of a son named Boaz, who would one day rescue a young Moabite widow.
I wonder what whispers might be keeping you from letting God use you mightily. What is the enemy bringing up from years ago or even last week to taunt that you are disqualified? Do not give the enemy ground that Jesus has already taken. Jesus’ own lineage shows how God powerfully uses us despite our past.
3. God redefines those with a past. When scripture mentions Rahab, she is almost always called Rahab the harlot except in Matthew’s genealogy. Matthew calls her Rahab, mother of Boaz. God redefined Rahab —from a fallen woman to a chosen woman, from a bad girl to a bride, from a mess to a mother and from prostitute to progenitor of the Messiah.
God redefines you and me as well.
Our shame? There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… (Romans 8:1)
Our sin? If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:19)
Our hopelessness? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3)
Our chains? Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)
There is a man named Boaz in Jesus’ family tree. Boaz was seduced by a foreigner named Ruth. He woke up in the middle of night and found Ruth climbing into bed with him. Not that Boaz ought to have been shocked. His mother, Matthew tells us, was Rahab, a ‘working girl’ who betrayed her people. Boaz’s son was the grandfather of David.
David was a power-hungry peeping-tom, who spied on Bathsheba bathing on a rooftop one evening. David arranged for her husband, Uriah, to be murdered. David and Bathsheba went to become the parents of Solomon, the next name in the family tree of Emmanuel, God-with-us.
Of course, the family tree ultimately winds its way to Joseph. Joseph, who, Matthew makes no bones to hide, was not the father of Jesus at all. He was just the fiancé of the boy’s mother- Mary, the teenage girl with a child on the way and no ring on her finger. Matthew does not tell us about shepherds filled with good news. Matthew does not bother with imperial politics or mangers filled with straw or inns with no vacancy. Instead Matthew tells us the story by first telling us about the messy and the embarrassing and the sordid and the complicated and the disappointing and the unfaithful parts of Jesus’ family. And then, having said all that, Matthew tells us this baby is Emmanuel, God- with-us, God-for-us, as one of us, in the flesh.
1...Joseph becomes the Pharaoh’s right-hand man. He can interpret dreams and he save Egypt from a famine. But before that, Joseph was two things that were not all that great. He was a slave and a prisoner! Yet, look how God used him and blessed him! The Bible says, “So Pharaoh commissioned Joseph: “I’m putting you in charge of the entire country of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and slipped it on Joseph’s hand. He outfitted him in robes of the best linen and put a gold chain around his neck. He put the second-in-command chariot at his disposal, and as he rode people shouted “Bravo!” Joseph oversaw the entire country of Egypt.” (Genesis 41:41-43 MSG). Not bad for a former slave and prisoner! Likewise, friends, regardless of your past, you too can have a great future ahead of you. Even if you dropped out of high school; didn’t go to college; can’t find a job; battled with addictions and habits; lived in the projects; come from a broken home; and even have a criminal record! You are still a vessel that God can use!
What Junk Do You Have on Your Family Tree? All of us can relate to this question in one way or another because some of us have come from families that were just a mess. Aren’t you glad that God’s is not like people? People will find one flaw or one crack and discard you and your entire life. But not God! He does not make any attempts to replace you or use something or someone else because of the junk on your family tree. No, He uses the SAME old you to make you a better you! God does not throw us away when we mess up, after all Jesus was a carpenter! Why would He throw away what He possesses the ability to fix?! You are never so irreparably damaged that God cannot repair you! And no matter what ‘labels’ people put on you (even the ones that are true), cannot hinder you from still being a work-in-progress workmanship of God’s! No matter who you used to be; no matter what you used to do; God Still Wants to Use Even You! Will You Let Him?
In other words, it does not matter what your occupation is (or lack thereof), God can use you if you are available to be used! He does not ask for perfect vessels, just clean ones! 2 Timothy 2:20, “Now in a large house there are not only vessels and objects of gold and silver, but also vessels and objects of wood and of earthenware, and some are for honorable (noble, good) use and some for dishonorable (ignoble, common).” (AMP) God will use a gold or silver vessel just like He will use a wood or earthenware one. The importance is on the vessel being available and clean! So He’ll use you if you’re a dog walker or a police officer; a CEO or a chef; a firefighter or a mechanic; a senator or the fry cook at Applebee’s; a professor or a high school dropout; young or old; educated or uneducated; wealthy or poor; from the white house or the poor house! God has no favorites! He will use any clean vessel! 2 Timothy 2:21, “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable – disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.” (AMP) No matter what you do for a living, as a clean vessel, you can still work for the Lord! God Can Use, Even You!
4...Jephthah is used by God to deliver Israel from the Ammonites. Before that, Jephthah was only known as being the son of a prostitute! Listen: Do not you dare let your past identify you! Do not let your families’ highs or lows give you your value or diminish it! Look at this: Ruth was a Moabite, a pagan, and yet her genealogy changes drastically with a son from her own womb: “...they named him Obed He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. “(Ruth 4:17 NASB). So, do not let where you started dictate where you will finish! If you have to start broke, just get started; if you have to start living out of your car, just get started; if you have to start right after the divorce, just get started; if you have to start with no help or support, just get started; if you have to start with the odds against you, just get started; if you have to start as you get off the bus, just get started; if you have to start while having chemo, radiation, dialysis, just get started; if you have to start with cancer, heart disease, lupus, unemployed or homeless, just get started! Think about it, everyone knew Jephthah was born of a prostitute, and yet when the people had to go to war who did they come looking to lead them into battle? You guessed it, the prostitute’s son! So no matter what your lot in life has been (you don’t have to keep living there); no matter the cards you’ve been dealt (you can play well and turn it into a winning hand)!
Just Never Allow Where You Start to Dictate Where or How You will Finish! Start from wherever you are and keep moving forward! Remember, God Wants to Use, Even You!
Like Joseph, Esther was a slave before God used her to save her people from being massacred! Women of God, who you were cannot stop who you are destined to become! Eve had a hunger that cost her a garden; Potiphar’s wife had an unlawful sexual appetite; Lot lost his mate when she couldn’t get her eyes off the rearview mirror; Delilah should’ve left the hairstyles to the professionals; Sapphira needed a financial consultant; Jezebel should’ve remained single; Tamar never recovered from her brother’s rape; and Michal didn’t value the worth of her husband’s worship! These women did not get to redeem themselves, but you can! Take your past to the cemetery and start living life to the full! It is time to fulfill your purpose! Esther 4:14, “For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish [since you did not help when you had the chance]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?” (AMP) You are still here on purpose, for a purpose, now fulfill it! God Wants to Use Even You, On Purpose!
7...Who did God choose to be the mother of Jesus? A famous actress? A celebrity? A great athlete? A famous politician? Nope, the mother of Jesus (Mary) was a peasant girl! Please understand greatness is not attached to Wealth, it is attached to Willingness! “Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said…” (Luke 1:38 AMP). God is not looking for great achievements, just availability! Are you willing to let God use you? Isaiah 6:8, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (AMP)
The very next time you doubt whether you have enough to do a work for God or dare to under-estimate yourself, your worth and value, just remember this: Jacob was a Moses had a speech impediment. Exodus 4:10. But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I’m not particularly good with words. I never have been, and I am not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.” Jacob was a Master of Deception; Gideon was a Self-Doubter; David was a Premeditated Sinner; Solomon was an Unwise Lover; Paul Was an Adversary; Elijah was Suicidal; Noah was Drunk; Abraham was Old; Jeremiah was Young; Timothy had Ulcers; Job Went Bankrupt With Boils; The Disciples Fell Asleep During Intercession; Isaiah Preached Naked; Leah wasn’t exactly a Beauty Queen; Naomi Lost All the Men in Her Life; John the Baptist was Beheaded at a Birthday Party; The Samaritan Woman Had Too Many of Other Folks Men; Saul was Tall; Zacchaeus was small; Samson was a Womanizer; Rahab was a Prostitute; Jonah was a Prejudiced Prophet; Peter had a temper and Lazarus was Dead and yet God used each of them greatly! So why can’t He use even you?!
Believe it or not, but YOU HAVE ENOUGH! YOU ARE ENOUGH! AND GOD DESIRES TO USE, EVEN YOU!
Blessings
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