"If you are being obedient, you will find yourself in situations where you feel humanly inadequate of achievement. We are not living in the Spirit if we can manage everything."
~ Beth Moore
I'm not sure what you think of that particular quote. It's a bold statement. I actually quite like it and if I'm honest with myself and with God, I would have to admit that this statement is true. I can't seem to get it out of my head either. I heard it said last week and I have been thinking about it ever since!
I often have this illusion that when things are going well in my life - when there is order and comfortableness - it is because God has perhaps gifted me with organizational and time management skills. Yes, God has gifted me with some of those things, but I fail to recognize that when I am in control - when things are going according to my plans, I am working independently of God.
This is something I have been learning over the course of the last 7 months in particular. In many ways, my life has been turned upside down. I'm living in a country half way across the world from all that I consider comfortable and safe. I have had important relationships in my life change. My perspective on what I consider important in life has been altered. I am living beyond my comfort zone and it turns out, this is exactly where God wants me. I am left to rely solely on the grace and the strength of the Living God.
It is in seasons like this, where God takes the reigns from my hands. It is a time where I am opened to experience more of God's fullness and transforming power in my life. It is through these seasons where I feel inadequate that God is able to bring total order into complete chaos. There is opportunity for growth. There is opportunity for God to use my chaos and the mistakes I have made, redeem them and transform them into something Holy and for His Glory.
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