Sometimes we struggle with feelings of failure because some responsibilities appear to be bigger than we are able to accomplish. Problems can develop when we feel inadequate. We try to convince ourselves that a task is too great and He should not expect so much.
Inadequacy can cause us to turn away from some opportunities given by God. The Lord may have provided us with a situation that is just right for sharing the Good News of Christ with a friend or acquaintance. But how many times do we back off and end up squandering such opportune moments because we are afraid that we would not know what to say?
Inadequacy grows out of fear - fear of failure and fear of not meeting people's expectations. No matter how unqualified we feel, fear is not an acceptable excuse for avoiding responsibility. The truth is that no believer has the perfect qualifications or skills to accomplish some of the awesome tasks God calls us to do. Only the Holy Spirit is adequate! We need only to be willing.
God has given us a spirit of power, not one of timidity (2 Timothy 1: 7) and we only need to step out in faith and the Holy Spirit’s strength and courage will be there to help us.
Ephesians 3:14 - 21
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(0265) 7 Sep 2007