I want to ask you one simple question today: “Are you being faithful?”
This is possibly the most important question you can answer in your life, job, calling, and relationships.
The somewhat harsh reality of our lives is this:
- We can’t change anyone
- We can’t do as much as we wish we could
- Things get difficult and dark sometimes at the worst times
- We aren’t in control as much as we would hope
This is the reality that we live in.
I think deep down we know this. We know that trying to force a 17 year old to change is next to impossible. We know that if we could there are so many people, situations, and lives we’d love to be involved in. We know that there are more needs around us than we could possibly meet. We know that life happens and for the most part we can’t control any of it. But this reality isn’t a reason to be apathetic or hopeless, because there is one thing that you can control. There is one thing you can change: Your own life.
We might not be able to change others, control the world around us, or fix the hurts of our friends but we can still act. We can focus on being faithful friends, spouses, parents, and family members. We can focus on doing our part in that friendship or relationship. We can focus on meeting the needs God is calling us to. We can focus on being faithful to what God is calling us to do.
We don’t need to do everything possible to make an impact. We simply need to be faithful to God’s calling.
So today I want to ask that question again: “Are you being faithful?”
Think through your role as a parent. Think through your role as a spouse, a friend, an employee…whatever. Are you being faithful to what God is asking you to do in that relationship? If you can say yes…then trust that God will do his part of healing, leading, guiding, and giving grace.
Our responsibility has never been to fix everything, to change others, or control the world. Our responsibility is to be faithful…so focus on that today…
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