Gal 1:23 The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!" :24 So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.(ISV)
I've heard many people keep saying this, "I am not like you, pure heart, devoted Christian and blessed like you to server God" or "Oh..i can't. I have bad cases and i have bad background. I can't" or "People not accepting me here. People can't accept me because of my past here. Surely they will condemn me and judge me, or even question me for my past" and maybe "I had become a bad sinner. Not like you, a faithful and pure heart. I has backstabbing Christian people. I has bully Christian students. And i had mock leaders in church. God can't use me. I can't serve here" But this is what Paul in his letter to encourage people in Galatia. That God use him to minister to others and God to use Him to perform and did job that other could possibly not.
Like in my writing before, Paul had a 3 times survive in shipwrecked, Paul had been beaten by people, put in jail and his life is endanger on his way to spread the gospel! But, what did he do? He did not stop, instead...God use him amazingly and continue his journey to other places!
And with this person, God use Paul to spread the gospel to other tribe other than Jews. Isn't it wonderful how God use people? God use a failure, God use a rejected people, God use a weak people, and God use someone who rejected Him at the first place. Many example in bible that God had use. Moses rejected by his own people, Abraham rejected by his father, Joseph rejected by his family and even David rejected by his family too. Even Paul Gal 1:13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. But God use him to spread the word of God and has many journey to many places. God use them all to become a great leader, great people in bible history. But once they turn to God and let God use them, that is where God begin to perform great thing through them! That is where God draw many people through them.
All what we need to do is, be humble. God want to use a humble heart and heart that allowing Him to work. Gal 1:12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul was once a top person in Judaism. But that had nothing to do with his journey. He keep humble, he let God work in him and use him. He did not use his knowledge, the law he knew but he let God minister through him.
Brethren, God can use us. No matter how failure we are previously, how rejected we are in the past, how sinful we already committed, how weak we are than the other people, but God can use us. God can change the environment as He want.
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