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Bible Stories About Feeling Weak or Unqualified
God has a habit of choosing people who don’t look the part. A farmer hiding in a winepress. A shepherd boy too small for the king’s armor. A prophet who said, “I am a child.”
These stories are a reminder that God isn’t looking for impressive people. He’s looking for willing ones.
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)- Hiding in the WinepressJudges 6:1–24 · Book 1, Day 1
For seven years, the Midianites swept into Israel every harvest and stripped the land bare. The people hid in caves and mountains. A young man named…
- Armor That Doesn’t Fit1 Samuel 17:31–50 · Book 1, Day 7
For forty days, the giant Goliath had stepped out from the Philistine lines and challenged Israel to send one man to fight him. Every soldier was…
- An Ordinary Man Who Prayed1 Kings 17:1–7; 18:41–46; James 5:17–18 · Book 1, Day 10
Israel had turned away from God to worship Baal, the false god people believed controlled the rain. So a prophet named Elijah walked into the palace of…
- Who Am I?Exodus 3:1–14 · Book 1, Day 16
Moses had once been a prince of Egypt. But after killing an Egyptian and fleeing for his life, he spent forty years in the desert of Midian tending his…
- Just a ShepherdAmos 1:1; 5:21–24; 7:10–15 · Book 1, Day 28
Amos was not a professional prophet. He was a herdsman from the small town of Tekoa in Judah, who also tended sycamore fig trees. He had no religious…
- A Scarlet CordJoshua 2:1–21; 6:22–25 · Book 2, Day 9
Before Israel entered the Promised Land, Joshua sent two spies into the walled city of Jericho. They ended up at the house of a woman named Rahab, a…
- Tabitha, AriseActs 9:36–42 · Book 3, Day 28
In the seaside town of Joppa lived a disciple named Tabitha, also called Dorcas. The Bible says she was “full of good works and almsdeeds.” She spent…
- Here Am I; Send MeIsaiah 6:1–8 · Book 4, Day 7
In the year that King Uzziah died, the nation was shaken. Uzziah had reigned for fifty-two years. Now he was gone. That same year, the prophet Isaiah…
- Not as Man Seeth1 Samuel 16:1–13 · Book 4, Day 15
God had rejected Saul as king of Israel. So He sent Samuel to Bethlehem, to the house of a man named Jesse. “I have provided me a king among his sons.”…
- Good Tidings of Great JoyLuke 2:8–20 · Book 4, Day 16
On the night Jesus was born, there were shepherds out in the fields near Bethlehem, keeping watch over their flocks. Shepherds were not important…
- Before I Formed TheeJeremiah 1:1–10 · Book 4, Day 17
Jeremiah was a young man from a family of priests in a small town near Jerusalem. One day, the word of the Lord came to him. “Before I formed thee in…
- Too Many for MeJudges 7:1–22 · Book 5, Day 1
Gideon had finally gathered an army. After years of Midianite raids, thirty-two thousand men stood ready to fight. Across the valley, the enemy camp…
- The Left-Handed DelivererJudges 3:12–30 · Book 5, Day 8
For eighteen years, Israel served Eglon, the king of Moab. He was a very large man and a very powerful one. Every year, Israel had to send him tribute…
- A Field of Lentils2 Samuel 23:8–12 · Book 5, Day 14
Near the end of David’s life, the Bible lists the names of his mighty men, the warriors who had stood with him through years of battles. Most get only…
- My Strength Is Made Perfect in Weakness2 Corinthians 12:7–10 · Book 5, Day 28
The apostle Paul had seen things most people never will. He was once caught up into heaven, he wrote, and heard words that couldn’t be spoken. But to…
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