Sufficiency part 2
I have no lack because my God has no lack. And because I have you. We're all in this together. We complete each other. No, really, we do. There are things that I can't do, but there are also things that only you CAN do. That's why it's so important for me to stay in my lane. To do what I was created to do. And to let YOU do what YOU were created to do. If I try to do everything, everything will get messed up. Because I can't do everything. I always say, "I can do anything, but I can't do everything." Because, according to, Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Whatever God sets out for me to do, I can do. He won't set out things for me to do that aren't for me to do though. If that makes any sense. He created me specifically to do specific things. I'm a writer. That's where I think I can do the most good--putting words on the page (or the screen). Not everybody can do that. But some people can sing. Some people can dance. Some people can teach. Like my beautiful wife. She's a teacher. The world needs that. The world needs more than just writers. Or more than just singers. If variety is the spice of life, then we need to spice it up! We need to stop trying to be someone we're not, and we need to be who we are. To let what's inside come out instead of trying to chase something without to force it inside. Listen, we already have what we need. Because--again--we have each other. We have God. We are connected to the unlimited source of love. God IS love. And He lives in us. So not only CAN we love, but we ARE love. It's not just what we do. It's who we are. Who we were created to be. I'm completely self-sufficent, when I depend wholly and completely on God. When I depend wholly and completely on love. That's what it's all about. That's what we were created to do (to be). And when I love someone, I'm not only doing what I was created to do... I'm also helping them do what they were created to do. I'm edifying them. Building them up. Helping them to be who they really are. Not necessarily who I think they should be, but who GOD created them to be. Even my son, whom I always call "Mini-me" is really his own unique person. Some things we agree on. Some things we don't. And I'm good with that. God gave me a son, not a little robot to program in my own image. We were created in GOD'S image. We were created in LOVE'S image. That's the key to this whole thing. Remember the song lyric I always quote? "What you got if you ain't got love... the kind that you just want to give away..." Because love IS giving. You can't give what you don't have and you can only give what you do have. So you have to know what you have. That's a big part of being "self"-sufficient. Knowing and believing that God loves us. Unconditionally. So that we can receive and release that love. So that we can give what we've got, and so that we don't have to worry about what we haven't got. It's all about knowing and believing. Receiving and releasing. Letting what's inside come out. Naturally. Letting the LOVE that's inside come out. Naturally. We have what we need. What matters is what we do with what we have!