Distorted ReflectionsSample

If Only I Had.....

I’ve watched a child playing with a toy and they are completely happy until they see another child playing with a different toy. Suddenly what was once enough no longer suffices because something “better” exists. We would like to think that these types of behaviors stop in childhood but that is just not true. We may find ourselves running in these same patterns as we get older. It's not just tangible things that we can feel inadequate about. What about our gifts and talents? I remember the first devotional I published; I was so proud of it. I felt so good about it until I read another person’s and suddenly, I was doubting what I had produced. I found myself questioning, was it good enough or did I use the right word choices. I was hesitant to even put it out because I didn’t have a large platform (or a small one for the matter) so I wondered why anyone even want to read what I wrote. This is just one example but how often do we feel like we need more to be successful?

I’m reminded of a story in the bible when Gideon had an army of 32,000 men and they were outnumbered by about 4 to 1. God told Gideon that he had too many men. By the time that God finished thinning out the soldiers, Gideon had a mere 300 men at his disposal and the battle was won. It was not that God was unable to do simple math, but it was a lesson to all of us. It not about what we have but it about who we have. When God is on our team, it will never be a fair fight. God being for us is greater than the world against us. We can become so attached to our resources that we forget that they are just a tool sent to us by the Source (God). We have more than what is needed to accomplish everything that He will every commission us to do. Trust Him