All The Things That Overwhelm Us

 

Not that we are sufficient

            in ourselves

to claim anything

   as coming from us,

but our sufficiency is from God

who made us competent....

             2 Corinthians 3. 5-6

"I can't do this on my own."

Those are often

    the hardest words to admit.

But they are the most vital

  in getting the task done.

The significant difference

  is realizing --and admitting--

our daily need for Christ,

not seeing ourselves

             as the heroes,

     but His working through us,

depending on God

to not only provide enough

     but to complete it.

He does not just show up.

      He shows us the way.

God helps us

    to color outside the lines,

beyond the mere necessary,

   to enlarge His grace.

Whose glory do we seek in this?

God walks us 

        through the impossible.

He empowers us to do

  what we cannot do without Him. 

O LORD,

Please take our insufficiency

    into Your hands

and infuse Your power and

    strength and goodness

    into us and this situation.

We need You.

You provide not just enough

    but more than enough,

because You know

    what is needful and lasting.

Help us to be faithful

 and seize opportunities

    to proclaim,

"This was not in me,

              but God."