I’m not the person for a job like that!

"When God called me I was blown away." This is one of the reoccurring statements you would hear in the testimonies of most of the mighty men and women we read about in the Bible if you were to ask them about the experience of their calls.

But why would they possibly say that? And most of them, too?

Well, I've spent some time studying their lives and came to realise that each of them was given a task they could neither dream of nor comprehend to accomplish in/with their own abilities.

For Abraham, it was to posses a foreign land and drive out its inhabitants, with the help of one relative, their families and slaves.

For Joseph, it was to administer Egypt's nation-wide farm programme in preparation for an impending seven year drought in the land.

For Moses, it was to lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land.

 For Esther, it was to go into the king's presence, without an invitation, believing that she would be given enough audience to allow her to make a request to the king.

For Gideon, it was to deliver the nation of Israel from under the yoke of the Midianites.

Today, God may have already spoken to you or in the future He will speak to you about a special assignment He has for you. You have or will look at your task and, like Moses, exclaim, "But I'm not the person for a job like that!"  [Ex. 3:11]

Guess what? You are not the first person who have or will fill inadequate for the task God has for you.  Nor are you the last one!  You are just one of them.  Moses did. Isaiah did.  Jeremiah did.  Esther did. The disciples did. And most probably, Paul did, too.

Most of the great men and woman of God we read about in the Bible said something that sounded something like that when God gave them their assignment - "But I'm not the person for a job like that!" – but still went ahead and did the assignment anyway.

Many of the mighty men and women God is raising up today are also sometimes found saying, "But I'm not the person for a job like that!" but still go ahead and do the assignment anyway.

What about you?

Be Inspired.