Shibboleth

"Giving thanks to the Father who qualified you," Colossians 1:12.

Who said you could be here? Who said you belong to our group? What qualifications do you have? What documents can you show us? Can you say Shibboleth correctly? Did you pass with enough points? Who gave you the right to play ball with us? Do you even know how to play ball? We count you of no matter - who qualified You!? Who made you sufficient? Who rendered you fit? These, the accusations of the Satan against God's elect. The answer to these remains always the same: We, unworthy, become qualified by the Father's choice. He qualifies us because he wants to. That's it. Because he wants to. And there's really only one thing left for us to do: Give thanks. To joy in all desire now to please him worthily.

We marvel in God's overwhelming generosity to count us worthy of his inheritance. Speak joyfully with a brother or sister today of God who qualified our transfer into the kingdom of his Christ.