From the opening pages of scripture, we are introduced to a God of relationship as the triune God. Unlike our understanding of relationship as something we do, God does not have relationship, God is ontologically relationship. This God who is relationship, creates people for relationship, and invites us to enjoy relationship with him as we participate in the life and mission of God in this world.

Although this relationship gets distorted by sin, God continues to invite unlikely, undeserving, and UNFIT people to play a part in what he is doing in this world. As you trace those God’s invites into his story you meet a long list of imperfect people that God’s includes in his perfect plan. From a human perspective, Abraham was too old, Jacob was dishonest, Moses and David were murderers, Elijah and Jeremiah were suicidal, the warrior Gideon was a coward, Rahab and Tamar were prostitutes, Jonah was disobedient, the disciples abandoned Jesus, Peter denied Christ, and Paul persecuted the Church. Despite their imperfections God invited these and more into a story bigger than their own. God could have told his story in any way but choose broken people who he redeemed to share his message to redemption to the world. God’s family is full of unfit people who met God and were redeemed to reflect the perfect redeemer.