A Good Fit?

There is a general saying these days when wondering if we should take this job, or move to that City, or shall I date her/him? Is it a good fit? Are they a good fit?

I hear Christians say they will pray and ask God if this is ‘good fit’ for me, my talents, gifts etc. Sometimes I think people use it when they really mean, is this what I want?

I understand what is meant, but I have to disagree. That isn’t a Biblical perspective. We forget, the decision isn’t about what fits us, but is this God’s will for us? Perhaps you may be thinking I’m splitting hairs, that it means the same, again, I have to disagree. I believe this is a saying the world uses and we are not meant to conform to the world in any way.

Let’s look at a few Biblical examples.

Moses wasn’t a good fit, he wandered a long time before God made him fit for His own purpose.

Abraham was a pagan, certainly not a good fit to be leader of God’s chosen people or the father of generations to come.

Think of Jonah, he wasn’t a good fit for the job God assigned for him in Nineveh. He had to be made fit in the belly of a large fish.

Peter and any number of other apostles and disciples had to be made fit as they walked with Christ. Think of Paul (or Saul as he was known before he met Christ), he persecuted Christians. Who would have thought he would be one of the most well-known and loved apoltles of all times?? He was not a good fit for the job, but God changed him, just as He changes us and makes us a good fit, but not for just anything, but His purposes only.

There is a saying often heard in church, God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. It may be an old and tired axiom, but it’s true.

Generally speaking, and in my own opinion, I am not a good fit for anything until God makes me fit for the good thing He wants me to do, or go where He wants me to go.

Hey, it’s just a thought.

Baruch Adonai, Brenda