What if the very thing that disqualifies you in the world's eyes is exactly what qualifies you in God's? Pastor Dave opens 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 with a bold, liberating truth: God has never once recruited from the ranks of the polished, the powerful, or the self-righteous. He deliberately chooses the foolish, the weak, the unknown, and the despised—not despite their brokenness, but because of their surrendered hearts. Pastor Dave points to Paul—a man who murdered Christians, held the coats of Stephen's killers—and asks the stunning question: if God chose *him* to write most of the New Testament and deliver the gospel to the Gentiles, what excuse do any of us have left? With raw, unfiltered passion, Pastor Dave dismantles the lie that shame, guilt, or a scarred past can disqualify you from your God-given destiny. The real barrier isn't your history—it's the pride that refuses to look foolish for God, the heart that won't submit, and the guilt the enemy uses as a leash. Today is your reset. Lift your hands, surrender your excuses, and let God write the next chapter—because your destiny is still your destiny.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.