Hebrews 13:5—Be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. That is my claim today. This week I feel like it has been the battle of the best… Really two kinds of best. I was thinking about this all week as I was thrown into my work week doubling due to deadlines. I have lived in defeat this week as I felt like I have not accomplished my goals to my standard. Sure, I have given my best this week, but at the end of the day, chores are undone, home cooked meal ingredients sit idle, and football practices missed, and I sit here feeling like I didn’t give my “real” best. And here is the truth. I am wrong. What God is teaching me as I long for what it’s not possible to have right now is this: there are two kinds of best. The first kind involves doing the best of which I am capable, considering my God-given abilities and interests. The second means doing the best of which I’m capable, considering the circumstances God has placed in my life. The first kind is what I had wanted, what I had thought would excite me. The second kind, I learned, is what will satisfy me. Here’s my truth this morning… We make a terrible mistake if we assume that doing what God has said is not possible right now would be more satisfying than what He has said is possible. How can I say this? How can I claim that making an awesome PBJ sandwich can be more fulfilling than making a four course meal? Because if God’s design for my life right now is sandwiches made to the specifications of a six year old, I will experience His presence more fully when I get out the peanut butter and praise Him in the moment instead of going beyond His boundaries and force tasks to completion that He does not intend. I will sit at the edge of my son’s bed and talk football and praise God that I have amazing friends that will be his fill in mom and drive and pick him up from practice. I will be intentional in the moments the Lord blesses me with. And that’s what satisfaction is: God Himself. Not more tasks complete, not meals cooked to perfection, not a spotless house. Just God Himself. Because at the end of the day, the meal most likely won’t be liked by my children and the house will become messy again. So today, Lord help me to be intentionally content and grateful for the graced given moments You give me.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:12:35 +0000
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