Random Things

God just has a way of confirming things!! 

So the past few days I have been wondering how I can share the Gospel with my neighbors and random people in my community.  And in my previous post I mentioned that reaching out might cause more in depth conversations to happen which I feel that I am not equipped to handle.  And then I went on to say that we need to trust the Holy Spirit to give us the words.

Well.

This morning I was reading in 1 Corinthians and I just could not get enough of it!  I believe this was my confirmation...

In 1 Corinthians 1:17 Paul says, "For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."

BAM!!

Right there.  See? 

And then he goes on in verses 26-31, "For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Man...I can't get enough of this.  LOVE this!  God can use ANY of us??  Seriously?  And He is going to use those of us who you would never imagine He could use?  AND He is going to use us in such a powerful way!! 

Paul also tells the church in Corinth that as they are doing mighty things for God and as they are being blessed to give God the glory and not themselves.  I believe this is key.  We cannot do these things on our own, but we have to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit and believe in the work of the cross!

Paul goes further to show that even he himself was not wise and relied on the power of the Spirit to proclaim the gospel.  In Chapter 2 he writes: "And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God."

So this is my confirmation today that I just need to trust God for the supernatural and do what I can in the natural! 

***This is confirmation for you today, too!!***