Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer

November 8. 2024: SOAP #5454: Job 33, 1Corinthians 1-3

SCRIPTURE:  1Corinthians (NIV) 1:26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

OBSERVATION:   God did not choose the nation of Israel because they were the biggest, “baddest,” gang of people that ever walked the planet.  He chose them because they were weak, few in number, and did not amount to much in the eyes of their world.   If they ever carved out a portion of land to be their home, it would have to be because God was with them.  They would be able to take no credit.  Their presence today in the land God gave them is still a testimony to God’s work!    

God is still working that way today.  God is not looking for great strength or many talents, but people with weaknesses who have faith.  When God sees a weakness, He gets a gleam in His eye and chuckles to Himself, “I love it!  Here is something only I can do; people are going to see how much I am willing to do on behalf of those who put their faith in me.”     

SOAP ministry is proof of that.  I still do what the Lord told me to do 15 years ago.   I daily read His word and write a SOAP on what He speaks to my heart.  I know so little about computers and the internet, yet God has raised up people in various Asian and African countries to spread what He has given.  He is using my weaknesses. 

APPLICATION:  It is our weaknesses that give opportunity for God to shine through us.  We can take no credit for any good seen in us because if God had not helped us, we would have failed miserably.   We cannot let our weaknesses  or lack hinder us from doing what we can for God. 

PRAYER:  Lord, if you can get any glory out of my weaknesses, you are welcome to them!  I’ll just continue to trust you to work out all things for good.  Amen. 

Pastor Leon
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