Job 39: 13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.
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Self-conscious about my abilities, I crept into my half of
the cubicle. I share a space with another college grad and we both were
inexperienced. When introductions came around, I remember the genius acting
people spewing out their credentials which made me feel thoroughly inadequate. “How
am I going to make it here?” I asked myself.
- Sometimes I feel inadequate.
- Sometimes I feel lost.
- Sometimes I feel everyone else can do things better than me.
When I looked at what everyone else was doing I felt even
worse. I mean it was nothing but brain power around me and I enjoyed one card
game too many in college. BUT GOD saw something different.
- GOD said to me “Beautifully and wonderfully is how I made you.”
- GOD said to me “I made you in my likeness.”
- GOD said to me “I gave you a measure of faith and it is good.”
The selection process of my mind, body and soul was GOD’s.
Whenever I compare myself to someone else, I am saying to GOD, “You don’t know
what you are doing!” GOD gave me the ability to follow HIS wisdom and HIS might
and not depend on mine. Once I realized this, I began to study and soon GOD
elevated me up and out of the organization.
I realized, I need to focus on GOD’s wisdom, not mine.
- Are you feeling inadequate?
- Do you think other people are smarter, faster or stronger than you?
- Can you stop comparing yourself to others and focus on the greatness GOD has place in you?
- Will you stop trying to take credit and give GOD the praise that is due to HIM?
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