16/04/2026
Have you ever felt out of place?
Friend, let me tell you something that might change how you see yourself.
There are moments in life where you look at your story and wonder, "What good can ever come from someone like me?"
Your background is messy. Your decisions have not always been wise. Your life feels complicatedā¦ tangledā¦ maybe even beyond repair.
And the enemy whispers, "You are disqualified. You are too far gone. God cannot use someone like you."
But I want to take you to something in Scripture that most people rush past.
The genealogy of Jesus Christ.
Not the neat, polished version of faith. But the raw, complicated, messy version.
Because when you look closely at the lineage of the Savior, you will find something shocking.
God routed the Messiah through the most unexpected people.
Let me show you what I mean.
Look at Judah and Tamar.
The Bible says in Matthew 1:3 that Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
Now let me tell you the backstory. Judah was the son of Jacob. But here is the thing ā his mother was Leah. The wife Jacob never wanted. The one he was tricked into marrying. From that complicated beginning came Judah.
And then there is the story of Tamar. Judah's daughter-in-law. After being widowed twice and denied the third son, she disguised herself as a harlot and slept with Judah without him knowing.
From that union came Perez. A child born from deception. Born from a union that should not have happened.
And yetā¦ God routed the lineage of Jesus through that line.
Think about that. If God could take that situation, that complication, that messā¦ and weave it into the story of redemptionā¦ then your situation is not beyond Him.
Look at Rahab and Salmon.
Matthew 1:5 says, "Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab."
Rahab. A Canaanite. A harlot. A woman whose house sat on the wall of Jericho, a city destined for destruction.
By every human standard, she should have been left behind. She had no religious pedigree. No family name. No reputation.
But when the spies came, she protected them. She made a choice. And because of that choice, she and her entire family were saved.
And not only that ā she became part of the lineage of Jesus.
She married Salmon. Gave birth to Boaz. And Boaz became the kinsman redeemer who married Ruth. A harlot became the great-grandmother of King David.
Friend, if God could take a woman like Rahab and place her in the bloodline of the Messiahā¦ then your past does not disqualify you.
Look at David and Bathsheba.
Matthew 1:6 says, "David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah."
The text does not even name Bathsheba directly. It calls her "the wife of Uriah."
Because the story is painful. David saw her. Took her. Committed adultery. Then arranged for her husband to be killed in battle. This was not a holy union. This was not a clean beginning.
And yetā¦ from that union came Solomon. The wisest king who ever lived. The one who would build the temple of God. And Nathan, who became part of Jesus's genealogy.
God did not erase the mess. He did not pretend it did not happen. But He still brought forth something extraordinary from it.
The One Denominator.
Here is what you must see.
Judah and Tamar. Rahab and Salmon. David and Bathsheba.
These were not perfect people. These were not holy unions. These were complicated, messy, written-off situations.
And yetā¦ they all share one thing.
JESUS CHRIST.
God routed the Savior through the most unexpected people.
Think about that. The genealogy of Jesus is not a list of saints. It is a list of sinners. People with complicated pasts. People who made terrible decisions. People who, by human standards, would have been disqualified.
But God does not work by human standards. Let me say this with every sense of humility: by human standards, I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today. Blessing millions of people with the message of hope and faith in God.
So What Does This Mean for You?
Friend, maybe you look at your life right now and feel like nothing good can come from it.
Maybe your background is complicated. Maybe your decisions have left you ashamed. Maybe you feel out of placeā¦ disqualifiedā¦ too far gone.
But I want you to hear this clearly.
If God could use Tamar, the woman caught in deceptionā¦ if God could use Rahab, the harlot of Jerichoā¦ if God could use Bathsheba, the woman at the center of David's greatest sinā¦
Then God can use you.
Not because you are perfect. But because He is. You are not too messy for His mercy. You are not too complicated for His plan. You are not too far gone for His purpose.
When Philip told Nathanael about Jesus, Nathanael asked, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" (John 1:46).
Philip did not argue. He did not defend. He simply said, "Come and see."
And that is what I am saying to you today.
You may look at your life and ask, "Can any good thing come from someone like me?"
I am not going to argue with you. I am just going to invite you to come and see.
Because the same God who took a harlot and made her an ancestor of Jesusā¦ the same God who took an adulterous union and brought forth Solomonā¦ the same God who took a complicated situation with Judah and Tamar and still brought forth Perezā¦
That same God is still in the business of making something extraordinary out of complicated people.
So don't give up on yourself. Don't let the enemy convince you that you are disqualified.
You are still God's precious child. And in the hands of God, there is no telling what can become of your life. Because God does not need a perfect past to build a powerful future.
He just needs someone willing to say, "Here I am. Use me."
And when He doesā¦ even what was brokenā¦ even what was messyā¦ even what was complicatedā¦
Will become part of something extraordinary.
God bless you.
