To crawl out of “the pit of emulation,” I had to release my ambitions that my ministry would ever look like so-and-so’s. David refused to wear Saul’s armor before battling Goliath, and I needed to cast aside the armor of other warriors if I was going to last in battle.
I had to acknowledge the capacity God has given me—physically and in family dynamics. Then, I had to surrender to the capacity God has given me. This tied back into Lesson #1, adopting God’s love toward me. A person who doesn’t believe they are loved will never stop over-working to earn approval.
Positively stated, I can admit my limited capacity when I love myself as God loves me, because my value is no longer dependent on performance or achievement.
In 2 Corinthians 12 Paul writes, “When I am weak, then I am strong.” As I invited God into my weaknesses, discouragement, fatigue and limited capacity, He showed me that He will bear the fruit He has planned for my life. Even if it doesn’t look like the plan He may have for people I admire.
Paul the Apostle discovered that when he was weakest, God’s strength most worked through him. I am beginning to discover the same truth as I bring God my fatigue, inadequacy and limited capacity.
Will you join me in discovering the same truth in your own limitations?
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