Equipped To Serve?

I was asked on Sunday if I thought a certain person was "equipped to serve". The only answer I can give is: "Are they willing to serve?"

Think about this:

God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt.

What He did give Joseph was eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was.

So the question is never "Are you equipped to serve". The question is always simply, "Are you willing to serve?"

Be God's!

Robert