Not that we are sufficient

             in ourselves

to claim anything

   as coming from us,

but our sufficiency is from God,

  who has made us competent

to be ministers

             of a new covenant...

           2 Corinthians 3. 5-6

(It is not our own ability

              or inability

that is revealed in this,

but Christ working in us

     and through us.

"If we make our inability

a barrier to obedience,

it means we are telling God

there is something

He has not taken into account.

...Complete weakness

and dependence will always be

the occasion for the Spirit of God

       to manifest His power."

           --Oswald Chambers)

O LORD,

We stand in impossible tasks

when we are out of our league,

far beyond our abilities

           to do anything at all,

and You say,

   "Great.  Because I can."

You are our sufficiency.

May how we live

   continually point others

   to Your grace and power.

May we realize the first step

    of Your mighty working in us

is not our own talent or ability,

skills or significance,

but our willingness

            to be used by You.

Your Word is filled

with the stories of unlikely people

       bringing You glory.

Our eyes are on You.