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It's Irrelevant

San Francisco quarterback, Brock Purdy has had an incredible career journey.

After his college career, Purdy was selected as “Mr. Irrelevant” – the title given to the last player selected in the 2022 NFL Draft.

The title “Mr. Irrelevant” was created as a way to highlight that some people said it was “irrelevant” who was selected as the last pick since that player wouldn’t accomplish much at the professional level.

But less than two years later, Purdy has emerged as one of the league’s young star quarterbacks and has his team primed to play in the Super Bowl.

Purdy didn’t let his perceived weaknesses prevent him from working hard at the task at hand to achieve his desired outcome.

As followers of Jesus, we can often find ourselves feeling like we don’t possess the right qualities to succeed at the task of “making disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

We believe our ministry efforts will be limited by our flaws, and that our attempts to reach others for Christ will be “irrelevant.”

Biblically speaking, however, the only thing that is “irrelevant” is how we feel about our abilities.

In a portion of scripture in which Paul was writing about the ministry that believers have to reach the world, he asks in 2 Corinthians 2:16, “Who is sufficient for these things?”

The implied answer, of course, is that nobody is qualified.

Thankfully, Paul continued by writing, “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant…” (2 Corinthians 3:5-6).

Paul’s main point is that nobody is qualified in their own strength, but all followers of Jesus have been made sufficient by God to be effective ministers.

For us, that means how we feel about ourselves is totally irrelevant. If you are in Christ, you have been made sufficient to be a minister of the gospel!

So today, let’s believe God’s truth that we’ve been made sufficient in Christ, moving forward in obedience to the mission He’s given us.

I’m Matt Osborne, and you can UNPACK that!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You that my sufficiency as a minister of the gospel comes from You. Please give me the necessary grace and strength to be confident in the help You provide moving forward. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.