I Can Do It, whatever it is..

   The one who has something to trust in is the last one to come anywhere near saying - "I will serve the Lord." (Oswald Chambers)

   "You can do it"

   "You can be anything you want to be"

   "Trust in yourself"

   I grew up in a culture in the good 'ole' USA that emphasizes the individual and what he is capable of doing. In a way, that is a blessing because it puts no limit to our aspirations, but in another way it is a curse. It is a self reliant attitude that says it all depends on me and my determination.

   Of course, I can put a Christian veneer on the whole thing and say that God has given me certain talents and abilities, and it is up to me to use them. I can take these things and do anything I put my mind to. But no matter how I try to cloak it, my trust is in what I can do. Not God working in my life, but me.

   Chambers asks "Have you the slightest reliance on anything other than God?" My talents, my abilities, my money, my determination, my strength. These are all detriments to God bringing me to a point where I can be all I can be for Him.

   God, show me the things in my life that reflect my trusting in myself, and help me to trust in You only.