Ability vs Availability

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I remember when my husband was 17 years old and struggling with the call to preach. He knew that God wanted him to preach, but he was excruciatingly afraid of public speaking. In high school, he would take a zero on an assignment before he would get up and give a speech. He had low self-esteem and self-worth because of his home life as a child. After years of my parents encouraging and loving him, he began to see himself through God's eyes. We both came from low income families, but he also came from a broken home, a family of alcoholics, and abuse. My parents helped him to see that he didn't have to identify with his family, but with the God who created him and had something great in store for him. It was through this new philosophy that he began to see that God wanted his availability, not his ability. If we surrender to God's will and His calling, He will make us able. My husband has gone on to be a pastor, ministry leader, church planter, and is a devoted husband and father. He went on to earn a bachelors and a masters in theology. I am sure that many of us can relate. Sometimes it is hard to step out on faith, but the end results leads to victory.