For a long time, I honestly thought my struggles, mistakes, and emotional messiness somehow made me “less qualified” to be used by God. I thought I needed to have everything figured out first. More confident. More healed. More polished. Less anxious. Less human, honestly.
But the older I get, the more I realize God has always used imperfect people. The entire Bible is basically a collection of flawed humans having holy and unholy moments back-to-back.
And somehow… God still chose them anyway.
I think one thing I once believed disqualified me was not always feeling spiritually strong. There were seasons where I felt tired, overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or unsure of myself, and I assumed that meant I wasn’t doing faith “right.”
But now I see that weakness doesn’t scare God away.
In fact, some of the moments where I’ve been most honest, vulnerable, and dependent on Him have become the exact moments that helped other people feel less alone too.
I’m learning that God doesn’t wait for us to become perfect before He works through us. He works through willing hearts. Honest hearts. Healing hearts.
And honestly, that takes so much pressure off.
Because if God only used people who had it all together… none of us would qualify.
Let's take a moment to think about this today: What’s something you once thought disqualified you from being used by God?