Such is the reliance and confidence that we have through Christ toward and with reference to God. Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God. [It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and
dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not
[ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit;
for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (AMP)
We can say these things because of our faith in God through Christ. We know we are not able in ourselves to do any of this work. God makes us able to do these things. God
is the One Who made us preachers of a New Way of Worship. This New Way
of Worship is not of the Law. It is of the Holy Spirit. The Law brings
death, but the Holy Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (NLV)
Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant —not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (NIV)
This is something I struggle with. It's not the confidence part. I stand confidently in the Lord everyday. I know He has my today and tomorrow because He took care of yesterday. It's the competent part, I struggle with. See, as I write these words, I struggle with are the right ones, will they have meaning in your life, are good enough and in the end will they glorify God? I am not competent. I'm not skilled at much. My life testifies to this. I'm pretty sure, I'm the most unskilled, and talentless person out there. Everything, I have done with the skill and talent has come from a great struggle or great gifting from the spirit. According to these verse you are supposed to be unskilled and talentless because your competence comes from the spirit.
This competence that comes from spirit. God pours down his spirit to get you the skills and talents needed to fulfill His will. God's spirit isn't just this thing we think about to make us feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. The spirit is something of power and skill. I've written about how we need to empty ourselves and full ourselves with the spirit. The spirit works best when it's the only thing in you. It's what makes you skilled. There's a saying out there God doesn't call the qualified. God qualifies the called. He does, this is how he works. If he has called you to do something and you have stepped up and accepted the job, it doesn't matter what your skills are. I'm not one who is organized but somehow I do a decent job as the Sparks secretary keeping those records fairly straight. I did pretty good job of helping to run the Going Beyond simulcast, and I bet I do a fair job again in the fall with Living Proof. What you do is only limited by you. If you maintain that relationship with Christ and are willing to go where He has called you to go, you will go to amazing places and do amazing things. You have the ability to translate the Bible into different languages. You have the ability to enter into the army doing a job you have no skill to do and can do well. You can teach anything to anyone, anywhere.
We are made competent in a new way. The law is done, it brings death, but the spirit it helps make you competent and is the life. Open yourself up to being a minister of the spirit.