I had the chance to do some guided reading from Scripture today and the verse was “coincidentally” Romans 8. I say “coincidentally” because it’s a passage that has come up time and time again for me. It’s possible I may be a bit oblivious at times so God has to repeat things over and over before I actually start paying attention. Anyways, as I had a chance to walk outside and sit. I saw 3 birds fly by over the ocean. Then I saw a whole bunch of other birds fly by. It just struck me how fast they were. It was pretty cool. Then I heard this: “Don’t just run, trust me and fly”.
It’s easy for me to “run”. God has gifted me with different strengths and abilities. Whether it’s my role as a social worker, spiritual director, teacher; I can take all those skills and competencies and do something good with it. It might even be fairly impressive. Yet, here’s what I heard: “No matter how fast or long you might run, no matter how impressive it might be to run a marathon or even an ultra-marathon; you’ll never fly if you don’t trust Me.” The ways I serve might look good and even be good at certain points, but it’ll be controlled by me because I can generally predict the outcome. The challenge is to let go of that control, not be afraid to fail, and trust God, because that’s the only way God will really be able to do His work.