Be Still And Know

READ: 2 Corinthians 3:4-5 NLT 'We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.' Qualifications are important. You can’t deny it. If I catch the train to London I want to be sure that the driver is qualified! If a surgeon operates on me I would be very concerned to know that they knew what they were doing, and had passed all the appropriate exams. The question is, what qualifies someone to do God’s work? God’s work is of eternal importance so we need to know exactly what kind of qualifications are needed. There are any number of courses in biblical study and Christian ministry, and I am sure that they are all excellent in different ways. It is wonderful that there are so many courses, face to face and online, through which we can be trained to work for God. But don’t for a moment imagine that those paper qualifications are all that you need to do God’s work. What you need is the