• Ephesians 2:10
    "For we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

God Qualifies Us

October 1 2015

I love going grocery shopping. I know that sounds strange, but it is something that I have always done. I usually go once a week and pick up the items that I enjoy preparing for myself.


Recently I went to the store and as usual, I went down one aisle and the next until I had gathered everything that was on my list. I seldom go to the store without a prepared list just so that I don’t forget anything. When I got ready to check out, my joyful experience was taken away as I looked around and saw all the people standing waiting in long lines for their items to be scanned. What I found strange was that there was no one to bag the groceries. So each cashier had to scan the items and then bag the groceries. I thought to myself, “this is ridiculous”. I made up my mind that I would speak to the manager about the lack of customer service. After all, they advertise, “no waiting in long lines”.


When it was my turn, the cashier scanned my items and I placed them in bags as I searched the front of the store for the manager. As I exited, I stopped by customer service and asked to speak with the manager who was in charge. I stated my complaint and he apologized profusely and then went on to explain the problem. He told me that they had been trying to hire for months, but they could not find anyone who was qualified. The applicants either failed the drug test or the background check. Recently they had recruited 15 candidates, but only one qualified to be hired.


That was a real shocker for me. No wonder they were short handed. I became sympathetic to his plight. Then I thought about the goodness of God. Not one of us was good enough to inherit his kingdom, but He qualified us. The Bible says in Colossians 1:12 that He made us meet (qualified) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. If God had not wiped our record clean, our background would have exposed us and we would all be disqualified. Companies may not forgive us for doing irresponsible things in our past, but God overlooks them and expunges our record. Our names are not recorded in a database of offenders, but in the Lambs Book of Life. For this we give God praise.

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