God will use every stage of your development if you embrace Him by faith.

Main message: God calls and uses the whole person, not just the polished or mature parts, and his call includes people even in their weakness and failures. The sermon emphasizes that Jesus names and chooses us with full knowledge of our flaws, and his calling defines who we are.

Key points:

• God calls all of you, not only the presentable parts or the strongest seasons of life.
• God has a process and can use every stage of your development if you respond in faith.
• Peter and Simon show that Jesus knows a person fully when he calls them.
• Whatever Jesus calls someone is what they are, even before they fully live it out.
• Peter’s future denial did not surprise Christ; Jesus had already called him.

Scriptures mentioned: none