Don’t Sell Him Short

So I’ve found myself in a season of being smacked in the face with the need to push myself into change and growth. It’s very uncomfortable, but who grows when they are comfortable?

I was doing an amazing devotional with my brother, and was reminded of something:

What that means is I am extremely powerful because of Whose I am and Who dwells in me–the Spirit of the one who can do more than I can ask or think–more than I can imagine. And I started asking myself–then why would I think so small? How insulting to my God! When He can do so much, why would I ask so little? Why would I dream so small?

I am asking you the same–challenging you to dream bigger. Whose life can you change or touch if you dream just a little bigger, answer more challenges that maybe you’ve been shying away from. Remember, you are God’s instrument. He has endowed us with talents that we are responsible to use.

I am reminded of one of my favorite poems by Marianne Williamson, “Our Deepest Fear”, likely one of my favorites, because I need the constant reminder.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us;
It’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.”

Go answer your call–fulfill your purpose of bringing glory to God by living his purpose for your life and meeting your full potential.