It was a great relief to me when I discovered that I’m not clever or competent enough to accomplish anything that will produce what only God can do. I used to come up with great ideas for projects to work on, believing that if I just planned, organized and recruited the right people, I could do anything.
Now I realize that my primary responsibility is to abide in Christ and bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
I still work on projects but now my objectives are different. I can observe Him working in the midst of an activity and even if the intended goal isn’t reached, His peace, love and joy manifesting in the process are what makes it a success.
So many things that I used to think were important are now meaningless to me because they no longer have any desirability from within me.