I am currently reading Craig Groeschel's book "Confessions of a Pastor." This a great read for anyone involved in ministry. Craig's honesty is so refreshing in this book. One of my favorite chapters so far is the confession of feeling inadequate. Craig tells the story of his first funeral. It was a grave site service and the people involved asked if they could sing Amazing Grace. Craig didn't know that it was going to be a solo. As Craig was trying to get through the song, a fly flew into his mouth while he was singing. At that point, he had a choice to make. Spit the fly out in the middle of the song or swallow. He chose to swallow! He goes on to say as he closed the service he went to quote the scripture, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." The only problem was he forgot the rest. So to close the scripture he said, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, hope this coffin doesn't rust."

I know there have been times that I have felt totally inadequate to be a pastor myself. I never went to Bible school like most pastors and my training of being a lead pastor is zip. I'm glad that in my times of inadequacy, God gives me the power. I look at those in the Bible that were in adequate yet God chose them anyways. God chose David, Gideon and Moses even though they were failures in the world's eyes. Jesus even chose the twelve disciples that were unlearned and untrained fisherman. This is good news because if God can use them, He can use me as well. Maybe there are times that you feel inadequate, know that God can use you as well. All God is looking for is a willing heart.