I had a woman get really upset with me a couple of years ago…
“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as [being] from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,”
2 Corinthians 3:5
The woman was peeved when I told her that her own ability to be self-sufficient was probably her biggest hindrance in following Christ. She didn’t like that.
There is something in each one of us (I am convinced it is a mix of pride and shame) that says, “I CAN DO IT!” to whatever is before us. Some of us have a bounty of God-given natural ability (I don’t think I am one of them). This woman did and she was very proud of her accomplishments…except that she was losing her family.
Somewhere along the line…whether…you are a ten-talent person or a minus-ten-talent person…the playing field is leveled at the foot of the cross…the foot of HIS sufficiency. So…someone needs to hear…
It is time to quit making excuses to move forward…because it’s His gig anyway; and someone else needs to stop relying on their own strength. The Lord is waiting for you to…back off. Which one of these are you today?
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