All you got

In our broken world, we are obsessed with more. We want what we don’t have, and we package this desire as “drive”. Now, I am not going to sit here and condemn the pull and motivation to accomplish greater things, but where we fall short as humans is the appreciation of where we are and what we have. I am not saying we shouldn’t dream or plan ahead. We absolutely should. God is calling each of us to greater things. His promise is Great (Hebrews 10:23). But we have to understand that His will and His plans are not ours. We have to trust that He is the Way and will provide all that we need.

‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed him. (Mark 1:17-18)

The disciples literally left everything they were certain of to follow Jesus. They trusted God to provide for their needs along the way. They understood that God had a plan and that His plans are only restricted by His will. Whether His plan was the same as theirs or His timing was convenient – they trusted. His timing is a critical variable of your path forward. You cannot rush Him. And if you are in a stalling pattern, it is probably because either; you have not accomplished His goal for you in this stage or He has not finished preparing you or other for your next stage.

The world teaches us to ‘think outside the box’. While this is a wonderful brainstorming strategy, it can also be a detriment to our everyday lives. If you are feeling stuck or you feel like your growth is stymied, I want to challenge you to think inside the box. Stop worrying about what you want or what you don’t have and start working with what you have. Try gratitude for where God has you today. Your burdens may be someone else’s blessings, the only difference is perspective.

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for tin the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working not planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Are you treating your current job or stage as a gift from God? Are you performing to the best of your ability to bring Him glory? Or are you mailing it in? Are you just going through the motions and resenting God for not giving you what is next, for not answering your prayers? I challenge you think inside the box by absolutely killing your current stage. Do it better than nobody could have imagined and while you do, give Him praise for the lessons you are learning during this stage. But this is not just my challenge, the apostle Paul gives this instruction in the Bible as well.

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17)

Try it and watch how fast He promotes you to the next level.

Not only do we get stuck because of our lack of fervor for the stage God has us in currently, but another distractor is our focus on our limitations. We aren’t rich, smart, good looking, powerful, or privileged enough. We aren’t enough. We seem to forget or maybe we doubt that God, the creator of everything, has a plan for us. The only thing that can derail His plan is our will (or lack thereof). So many times, throughout the Bible, God shows us that our biggest limitation is His biggest opportunity.

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. (Matthew 14:17-18)

Even the disciples got bogged down in the earthly limitations while serving and walking with the Messiah. It is understandable and a natural reaction, but I challenge you to recognize that voice in your head, the one that says, “I am not enough”. And you rebut that voice by saying, “But I am the child of a mighty God”.

If you had all the resources you think you needed, maybe you wouldn’t be compelled to call upon the resources that God has put inside of you. And He has put inside of you all that you need.

All you got is all you need.