Have you ever thought, "why does everyone seem to have their act together - everyone but me?"
Well there's a dirty little secret out there ........ listen ..... listen to me ...... here it is: No one has their act together - they just pretend to, and / or - they get lucky.
Some of us think we know what to do - all the time. Some of us never know what to do - ever. The rest of us fall in the middle somewhere.
For instance, I took this picture in San Diego about a year ago. Someone may look at this and say: "wow - your a good photographer - how do you do it?" I didn't do anything, I got lucky. I have a crummy camera and I pointed it, and snapped the shutter. I think it's because its such a rotten camera that the picture looks good - for some reason - less is more sometimes (MOST of the time!). And sometimes you just have to raise the camera and take a shot - and hope for the best. (the picture might look better if I 'photoshop' it - but I prefer the real thing - always).
What are you going to do? It's a new year, January is coming to an end already. Everyone is wondering the same thing: "What am I going to do?" And while you wonder, the weeks click by.
On the other end of the spectrum are those people who seem to know exactly what to do - all the time - they have the answer. I generally don't like these people. Be careful that you think you know too much. Stop putting so much faith in yourself! Sounds wrong doesn't it? The world tells us to have faith in ourselves - to follow our dreams - BELIEVE!. There's nothing really wrong with that until we trust ourselves too much.
To quote Oswald Chambers (Jan 29): "God has to destroy our determined confidence in our own convictions. We say, "I know that this is what I should do" - and suddenly the voice of God speaks in a way that overwhelms us by revealing the depths of our ignorance."
Trust Him - alone. And to hear what he's saying, we need to read His Word (a lot) and ask Him for wisdom and to speak to us directly. And then take the shot.
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