GOD CHOOSES THE FOOLISH TO SHAME THE WISE

1. God Chooses The Foolish To Shame The Wise

a) 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 NLT
[26] Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 

[27] Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 

[28] God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 

[29] As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

b) Don't belittle (look down) yourself. 

c) You are the right candidate for God to use for his purpose.  What is in your hand? What is it that you feel inadequate for God to do?

d) He can use whatever you have to turn it around for you.

e) God wants to meet your needs and provides more than enough.

i) 2 Kings 4:1-7 TLB
"[1] One day the wife of one of the seminary students came to Elisha to tell him of her husband's death. He was a man who had loved God, she said. But he had owed some money when he died, and now the creditor was demanding it back. If she didn't pay, he said he would take her two sons as his slaves.

[2] "What shall I do?" Elisha asked. "How much food do you have in the house?" "Nothing at all, except a jar of olive oil," she replied. 

[3] "Then borrow many pots and pans from your friends and neighbors!" he instructed. 

[4] "Go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Then pour olive oil from your jar into the pots and pans, setting them aside as they are filled!" 

[5] So she did. Her sons brought the pots and pans to her, and she filled one after another! 

[6] Soon every container was full to the brim! "Bring me another jar," she said to her sons. "There aren't any more!" they told her. And then the oil stopped flowing! 

[7] When she told the prophet what had happened, he said to her, "Go and sell the oil and pay your debt, and there will be enough money left for you and your sons to live on!"