God wants your best. But he doesn't need it. Here's proof.

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6)

The pastor in the pulpit had just wrapped up what Fred Rogers called "the most poorly crafted sermon I had ever heard in my life." And yet, his friend beside him was wiping tears from her eyes. "He said exactly what I needed to hear," she whispered.

That terrible sermon? Exactly what she needed to hear? Fred thought in disbelief.

Later, he realized, "The Holy Spirit was able to translate the words of that feeble sermon to speak to the need of my friend…That experience changed my life. Ever since, I've been able to recognize that the space between someone who is offering the best he can and someone who is in need is Holy Ground."

Humbled yet emboldened by that truth, Fred consistently offered his best on the set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and trusted the Holy Spirit with the rest. And sometimes he was blessed to see the fruit God was growing from his feeble planting.

Like the time he heard from a young mother who thanked Fred for saving her life. Overwhelmed by exhaustion and postpartum depression, the woman was stopped at an intersection when she daydreamed about how easy it would be to drift into the path of oncoming traffic and end her suffering.

But then, from the back seat, her 16-month-old began to sing, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood…" The song was a pinpoint of light in the darkness. Her foot returned safely to the brake, and when she got home, she finally reached out for the help she needed.

"How could a simple program like ours do all this?" Fred asked in awe after hearing the woman's story. "But again, the Holy Spirit can use anything."

And he can use you today, believer, to do "immeasurably more" than you imagine, even when you're doubting your abilities or your impact (see Ephesians 3:20). Here are three ways you might respond to that truth.

#1: Do the thing you feel called but not qualified to do. Write that book. Apply for that job. Adopt that child. Because God doesn't always call the qualified, but he always qualifies the called (see 2 Corinthians 3:5-6).

#2: Set a deadline for the thing perfectionism won't let you ship. Shipping imperfect work is a practical act of trusting the Spirit to fill in the gaps.

#3: Pray that God would make much of your feeble inputs. When Fred Rogers walked into the TV studio every day, he prayed the same thing: "Dear God, let some word that is heard be yours." Pray that prayer over your words and work today. Do your best. And trust that the space between your best and those in need is holy ground indeed.