00:00if you want to fix cars you have to learn your way around an engine if you're going to prepare
00:11a gourmet meal you need to know some basic cooking skills think of a career and most likely you'll
00:17also think of the training required to pursue that path whether that's college trade school
00:23or an apprenticeship that's just how we feel first comes the equipping then comes the job
00:29but it's not always this way in god's kingdom oftentimes god chooses those who are willing to
00:36serve not necessarily those who are qualified for the task isaiah by his admission was a man of
00:44unclean lips standing before the lord he knew that praise from his lips would be unworthy because he
00:51was a sinner and yet when god was looking for someone to send to his people to warn them about
00:57what was to come isaiah stepped up he understood that god doesn't require perfection before he
01:05enlists a person for service in his kingdom he recognized that god could equip him for the task
01:11after he took the job don't fall for the lie that ministry is for the professionals the pastors the
01:18missionaries and those in full-time christian ministry a seminary degree is not required to
01:24be used powerfully in the kingdom of god god calls you to be who you are just as you are your willingness
01:32the community of godналeness is all god requires
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