Less than the least of all

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, - Ephesians 3v8

Paul sets an example here that I need to be reminded of daily. In all that Paul did he never seemed to feel like he was worthy to do it. The phrase he uses here is must go hand in hand with ‘the chief of sinners.’

Paul had a proper few of who we are. To many Paul is the greatest of all Christians. He seems to stand in the upper echelons of Christendom. Yet, over and over Paul sees himself in a different way. He is not the master, but the bond slave. He is not the chief saint, but the chief sinner. He is not the saintliest of saints, but less than the least of all saints.

He grasped the fact that he deserved nothing. He grasped the fact that he was nothing. Every chance God gave him to serve was only by God’s grace.

If Paul is less than the least of all saints, what does that make me?