Me Do It

 

But that was to make us

rely not on ourselves

            but God,

who raises the dead.

        2 Corinthians 1. 9

(Sometimes it takes

what is overwhelming for us

to more accurately see

   not who we are,

   but who God is.

But self-reliance

    is the original sin.

"I don't need anybody else,

 I don't need God.

Indeed,

     I can be my own god."

As every two-year-old demands,

        "Me do it."

We can always do something,

but when we rely

      only on ourselves,

the route and journey

          are always different

and impacts radically

    what could have been.

God whispers,

     Trust Me in this.

     Follow Me over here.

Not a matter of our skill

        but of whom we trust,

realizing He is God,

    and we don't have to be.)

O LORD,

Show us how to rely on You,

entering this day and dilemma,

approaching and navigating it

            a new way,

because after all is said and done,

       we need You.