Truth For Life Daily Program Inadequacy: The Surprising Secret to Being Useful to God (Part 1 of 2)
Sep 8, 2025
Explore how feelings of inadequacy can actually empower Christians to serve God. Delve into the biblical perspective on competence and the significance of humility in ministry. Discover the strength that arises from vulnerability and how true credentials come from experiences of suffering. The discussion critiques the dangers of inflated self-worth in contemporary culture and emphasizes the need for a strong identity in Christ, especially for the younger generation facing societal pressures.
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Competence Comes From God
- Paul acknowledges personal inadequacy and insists his competence comes from God, not himself.
- Alistair Begg highlights that weakness becomes the conduit for God's power, making believers useful.
Boasting In The Lord Only
- Paul consistently frames his ministry credentials as humility rather than worldly achievement.
- Begg emphasizes that God's commendation, not self-promotion, is what matters in ministry.
Paul's Basket Escape As Credential
- Paul recounts suffering, imprisonment, and escape as credentials showing weakness, not prestige.
- Begg uses Paul's Damascus escape in a basket to illustrate ministry credentials of brokenness.
Job postings aren’t likely to advertise that the ideal candidate will be completely lacking in skills and abilities. But find out how as Christians, our inadequacies can actually make us useful to God. That’s our focus on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.