When God's in your dreams.

Themes. I've noticed a theme in my life recently.

When I was talking to Matthew about feeling a call into missions, the main thing I kept saying was that I didn't feel qualified. I mean, let's be honest. I'm still a new Christian. August/September will be my one year mark (already!?). How could I be qualified to go out and share His Word? I still feel like I don't know anything! Matt told me it didn't matter.

I thought back to when Sarah suggested I read Exodus 3 and 4. It's about when Moses told God that he should choose someone else because he wasn't qualified. But God basically told him, "Hey. I made you. I know what you can do, and I'm going to be with you the whole time." (of course, it's a little more eloquent in the Bible, but hey, it's fine.) Moses told God that he was slow to speak and that he shouldn't be the one. But God chose him.

Then, the other night, I had a dream. I have absolutely NO idea what the dream was about, but I know that when I woke up, I had one word on my mind - Jeremiah. I couldn't stop thinking about that name. I mean, what the heck? I don't know anyone by that name. Finally, I decided to check the Bible. WELL, HELLO! There was my answer. The Book of Jeremiah. (Which I had no idea exists)

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Jeremiah 1:4-8

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
"Alas, Sovereign Lord," I said, "I do not know how to speak. I am too young."

But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord.

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Are you seeing the same message/theme I am? I may not believe that I am qualified enough, but I have God behind me. That makes me unstoppable. It's a big step in my faith, but I'm more than ready to take it. I will let God take control and completely guide me. I'm very interested in going into missions, even though I don't know that much about it. But I'm taking my steps towards that, and I know it will all work in the end to glorify God.

One last tid-bit. Sarah told me a quote yesterday when we were having our wonderful life talk:

"God doesn't call the qualified; God qualifies the called."