One of the many Biblical paradoxes: when I am weak, then I am strong. A very good meditation on humility and openness. The weakness experience here is not oppressive, even though it is meant to be. The weakness does not prevent one from buckling, even though that is exactly what weakness is all about. Rather, in those moments of struggle and giving in, we feel strong enough to carry on. Rather than give in, feel the urge to keep going.
However for me to really experience that I need to be doing what God wants me to do; furthermore, not my work, but His work. So it is not me doing His work, it is me sharing in His endeavours. Therefore the task is not mine alone nor am I totally indifferent about the work ("not my responsibility"). I have the strength because I'm not alone; because he who has entrusted me with a task, is taking the major responsibility and I have only to accompany; because the achievement of result is not my goal, making the best of efforts is.
The challenge is for me to be humble and open enough to see that I'm not in this alone. There are others, there are well-wishers, friends, guides, confreres, loved ones... there is God.
However for me to really experience that I need to be doing what God wants me to do; furthermore, not my work, but His work. So it is not me doing His work, it is me sharing in His endeavours. Therefore the task is not mine alone nor am I totally indifferent about the work ("not my responsibility"). I have the strength because I'm not alone; because he who has entrusted me with a task, is taking the major responsibility and I have only to accompany; because the achievement of result is not my goal, making the best of efforts is.
The challenge is for me to be humble and open enough to see that I'm not in this alone. There are others, there are well-wishers, friends, guides, confreres, loved ones... there is God.
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