Don’t Quit
Sometimes I wonder why God still bears with me when I still struggle so much. After so many years of serving Him and seeing His hand at work, there should never be a time that I doubt Him. But then I don’t think I doubt Him as much as I doubt myself. Even in that, I am constantly learning and hopefully growing. I expect this will be the case until He takes me Home.
God said that He would not strive with man forever (Genesis 6:3), but the Psalmist noted that God will not despise a broken and a humble heart (Psalm 51:17). We will never be perfect this side of Heaven (although we need to continually strive to be so); yet, when we fall, we must be quick to humble ourselves, admit our failure, get up, and try again. The Bible is full of imperfect people that God used but He knew their hearts were turned toward Him. If we never struggled, we may become full of pride, at which point we would be totally useless.
If you are struggling today and feel like a failure, ask God’s forgiveness. Realize that the enemy is trying to bring you down in order to render you totally ineffective for the Kingdom. I wish I knew who said that “God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called.” That is definitely true in my life, and I expect it is in yours too.
So today, I just want to encourage you: Don’t quit. Keeping running the race. Do the best you can to faithfully do what God has called you to do. If He wanted it done perfectly, He could do it without you. All you need to do is do your best and let Him take care of the rest. Thank Him that He still has a work for you to do. After all, if He didn’t, you would not be here.
Thank you Sony! You know that I have also struggled in this area for years. I have to keep reminding myself that when I feel like a failure, as I often do, that is when I need to rely on God the most.
I actually thought of you when I was writing this, Jeff. It is so true that in our weakness, God is strong. Remind yourself of that every time you feel inadequate.
I know that if I ever forget to remind myself of that, I can always count on you to remind me! And I am very thankful of that!
Thanks especially for this today. So much of the way I think and feel much of the time anymore, it seems. And I’m 76 years old….76 years God has kept me alive and well and blessed me beyond anything I could have thought……and so often I’m thinking…”Is He making any headway with me? Most of the time I surely don’t think so”.
Guess it’s always good for all of us to know that many of us go through the same battles with ourselves.
A number of years ago, I realized that most everybody deals with insecurities and feelings of inadequacies, even those who seem to be confident. The fact that you are still alive proves that God still has a work for you to do. Whether it’s encouraging others or teaching them to serve, 😉 I am sure God is using you more than you know. I know you have been an encouragement to me at times with your comments. Don’t underestimate the “little” things. <3