Why is it always just out of reach? Why is it that our best is never good enough for ourselves?
You hear someone telling you how well you did and another how impressed they are at your skills, or maybe no one ever says a thing, but you are always thinking,"I still could have done better." Could have made that pass a tad earlier or could have drawn that eye slightly larger, could have been smarter and scored higher on the ACT..... you could have made it perfect.
If only we were perfect. If only I was perfect than that person would like me. If only I was perfect than maybe I could believe that God could use me and I could have a purpose. If only I was perfect...... But we're not.
I don't know about you, but I set very high expectations for myself. I push myself hard. I push and I push till finally I just collapse. Then I have a break down about how I'm not good enough and that I'm a failure at everything. Yeah, my whining goes something like that.
Would you believe me if I told you that that failure, that weakness in you is something to boast over?That that weakness is the only way to be truly perfect? Because that is the point when we finally let God, the truly perfect one, show his face.
You hear someone telling you how well you did and another how impressed they are at your skills, or maybe no one ever says a thing, but you are always thinking,"I still could have done better." Could have made that pass a tad earlier or could have drawn that eye slightly larger, could have been smarter and scored higher on the ACT..... you could have made it perfect.
If only we were perfect. If only I was perfect than that person would like me. If only I was perfect than maybe I could believe that God could use me and I could have a purpose. If only I was perfect...... But we're not.
I don't know about you, but I set very high expectations for myself. I push myself hard. I push and I push till finally I just collapse. Then I have a break down about how I'm not good enough and that I'm a failure at everything. Yeah, my whining goes something like that.
Would you believe me if I told you that that failure, that weakness in you is something to boast over?That that weakness is the only way to be truly perfect? Because that is the point when we finally let God, the truly perfect one, show his face.
2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Letting God take control and use his strength to work inside of us, God inside of us...that is true perfection. When we realize that "We are nowhere, if we are here without him."
No comments:
Post a Comment