Even though I know God is in control and that I need to trust Him and keep my eyes on Him instead of on what my intellect tries to convince me to believe, I tend to be like Peter, who stepped out of the boat and started walking on the water towards Jesus, but then looked at the boisterous wind and raging sea, got scared, and started to sink (Matthew 14:28-31).
A quote on blog friend Mari's blog was very convicting: "You worry too much for someone who God has never failed." Ouch!
Another quote that popped out at me recently was from a commentary in my Daily Walk Bible: "It has been well said, 'Our days are identical suitcases--all the same size--but some people can pack more into them than others.'" It was underlined, so it must have popped out at me when I last read this bible several years ago as well.
What lesson I was supposed to glean from that I do not know, but I have often wondered how some people manage to get so much done every day, when it's a real struggle for me to even just try to get through the priorities on my to do list, no matter how hard I try.
Perhaps it's a reminder that God does not measure success in numbers. He created each of us for a special purpose that only we can fulfill, and I am exactly where He knew I would be, and exactly what I need to be for this particular moment in time.
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You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalm 139:16, NLT)
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10, NIV)
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