How often do you not "measure up"? You don't have enough, do enough, give enough. And yet your energy and time is depleted. How could you possibly do more, get more, give more? After all...
- "I'm tired of others getting the credit. Why even try anymore?"
- "My church is too small and doesn't have __________________"
- "My church is large and doesn't need me."
- "I've already served. It's someone else's turn."
Write your own reasons why you think you don't measure up.
Then put an X through all the words that reflect back to you. Like "me," "my," and "I."
Where's God?
I sat at church this morning and watched a man I don't know get baptized. Of course, that's always a thrill! We clapped. A couple men in the balcony loudly whistled. We sang a praise chorus. And then the man sat down on the front row. By himself. The row, even though short, seemed to swallow him. That is, until two men left the balcony, strode right up to that front row and sat on either side of him, clapped him on the back, introduced themselves, and settled in for the rest of the service. Suddenly, that row seemed full.
Maybe you're measuring yourself with the wrong stick. God says that when we work with him, he'll use us to "accomplish infinitely more than what we might ask or think." Well, that blows how I measure what I do out of the water!
Do something different today. Cross yourself out of the equation. Put God into it.
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