There are 3 Kinds of people God can use.
1. Skilled
2. Committed
3. Skilled and Committed
4. Stupid (Forgive me for using this word. But sometimes you just need to hear it as it is, to understand it better)
1) You are Skilled - You don't have the commitment, but you have the knowledge, God can use you.
2) You are Committed - You don't have the skills, but you have the heart, God can equip you.
3) You are both Skilled and Committed, God can make you a LEADER!
4) Stupid? Well, this is not the "Fool" who God would use to make "Wise simple". This is Stupidity beyond reach.
In your line of work, are you Skilled, Committed, Both or Stupid?
1 - Skilled
1. The Skilled, even if not committed, will achieve their target using his/her skills.
2. How can I increase my skills? - Deuteronomy 8:18 - God-given
3. What does Skills mean?
1. Acquired through Education
2. Learnt through Observation
3. Experienced through Works
4. Practiced through Discipline
5. Inherited through Advice
2 - Committed
1. The Committed, even if not skilled, will achieve their target due to his commitment, however, with a little effort.
2. How can I increase my commitment? - Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in God
3. What does Commitment mean?
1. Character - 1 Corinthians 15:33 - Right Company
2. Righteousness - Psalm 37:23 - Right Choice
3. Accountability - Colossians 3:17 - Right Attitude
4. Anointed - Acts 6:1-7 - Right Spirit
5. Purposed - Isaiah 30:21 - Right Path
3 - Skilled and Committed
1. When you are both Skilled and Committed, you can be a Leader that God can use.
2. When you are one of the 2, you can be a Worker for God.
3. When you are non of them, you can just fill the pews.
4. Below are a few Skilled and Committed:
1. Moses
2. David
3. Jesus
4. Paul
4 - Stupid
1. Fool says in his heart, there is no God - Psalm 14:1
- When you shake the foundation of Christianity - the very belief - everything else crumbles.
2. Stupid:
- Lot
- 1. Looking for green grass on the other side.
- 2. Grass is green where you water it.
- Nabal
- Fool by name and deed
- The Rich Fool
- Forgetting whom the blessing comes from.
- Hoarding, not Sharing
- Seems that he wanted it all, but was not ready for it all.
- Seems that he wasn't physically fit enough to experience his blessing.
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Money cannot buy you everything.
