Desperate

"This is how God works. He puts His people in positions where they are desperate for His power, and then He shows his provision in ways that display His greatness." Radical by David Platt

Honestly, I'm not such a fan of this idea (...just more proof that I am not perfect). I would rather be in charge. I would rather live my life in a way that I can pull off on my own. Part of me would prefer to leave the hard things to someone else, maybe someone who went to school for that gets paid to do hard things.

Bear Grylls for instance. He's good at hard things. The next time that God needs someone to do something hard, He can just send Bear Grylls. I'll watch it on my TV.

It doesn't work that way, though. There is only one of Bear Grylls, and there is only one of me. And, we both have jobs to do, unique to us purposes for being on the planet.

Sometimes, it's saying hi to the person at the grocery store, and, sometimes, it's a ministry trip. All of the time, it requires more than what we might think of doing on our own - or even think of wanting to do on our own.

"So the challenge is for us to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only God can provide." Radical by David Platt