To delight that you are enough!

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? . . . Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I just realized that I do something.  I have a friend who says we create what we fear.  I have a long history of waiting until the last minute to do something, needing the pressure of the deadline to motivate myself.  I have also had lots of reinforcement that this works for me, with lots of A's on tests and success in business.  But, as I have gotten older, I am now 50, this has caused me to loathe my addiction to procrastination.  A light bulb came on over the last few days, that I fear that I will once again procrastinate on this task in front of me.  I have to acknowledge there is an urgent task in front of me right now and I find energy to write on my blog, instead of work on the task.  Anyway, I fear that I will procrastinate, and I create what I fear.  Oh my, I can hardly believe how true this is for me.

So my challenge is to enjoy how God has made me, and delight in my calling.  In fact, it is to trust that God has made me sufficient for what he has called me to do.  And in that trust, rest and do not be afraid.  This is the creator who has made me, who has birthed a new creation within me, that is part me and part God.  Think about the verse in Ephesians 2 that says, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.  WOW!

We had a friend over at our house and made some pizza for him.  It was a casual time, not a formal sit down dinner and he had gotten a piece of the hand crafted pizza that we had made.  It had hummus and feta and goat cheese on it.  No one was noticing when he was taking his first bite until after tasting the pizza, which is quite good, he yelled loudly, WOW!  We were all startled and he then told us how he was not expecting it to taste so good, that he had to exclaim how much he enjoyed the bite.  It made my wife and I smile at his over the top celebration of a good tasting pizza.

I need to  do more of that, celebrating that God is in us.  WOW! really?  Would I fear procrastination if my faith truly lead me to believe God was with me, in me.  He was the guarantee that I would arrive at the destination of who he had called me to be.

So with this assignment, I am making the statement that I want to be satisfied that "me" is enough, a successful businessman called by God.  My hope is as I enjoy who I am, my fears will be left behind.