From Forward Day by Day
Genesis 37:9 He had another dream, and told it to his brothers, saying, “Look, I have had another dream: the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Joseph, given everything by God and his father and bragging about it endlessly to his less-loved brothers, is insufferable. As is Jacob, cheating his foolish older brother out of his blessing. And David, murdering a good man because he wants that man’s wife. Later, God calls Saul, of all people, to help establish the Church—Saul, who had participated in stoning Stephen. God gave these questionable people unique, extraordinary gifts and then turned those gifts to God’s service and the world’s.
Fortunately for us, God does not require perfect servants. Joseph, Jacob, David, and Saul, given a glimpse of God’s face, bowed their heads and stumbled along for the ride. May God similarly wrench my talents and goodness into the service of Christ and of the world. May I, like the great and flawed servants of God who have come before me, be given the grace to stumble along for the ride.
