Exodus 4:1-5:21, Matthew 18:1-20, Psalms 22:19-31, Proverbs 5:15-21
What God said to me – What would you think if you heard someone say they weren’t going to the gym before they lost weight and got in better shape because they didn’t want the people there of make fun of them or think badly of them. It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? Yet people approach their relationship with Me that way. What they don’t realize is that I don’t call perfect people to salvation or to ministry. I call people as they are, where they are, I just don’t allow them to stay as they are, where they are. I transform them as they repent and walk with Me in obedience. There are so many accounts in My word about flawed, sinful people I called and used to accomplish My plan. Look at Moses – he was a murderer, insecure, doubtful – he broke My covenant by not circumcising his son. But as he humbly obeyed and allowed Me to work in his life, I used him to save a people and establish the nation from which the Savior of the world would come. Even those who are already My children delay repenting of sin and returning to Me when they have fallen away. You don’t need to fix yourself before you come to Me or return to Me. You need to repent and allow Me to transform you – this time together is part of that process.