Rome Wasn't Built in a Day...

I am a goal oriented person. Every day, every year, every event, I make a list for myself; there is something about the satisfaction of crossing off a line and finding the joy in an accomplishment.

There is always a main goal, and a lot of smaller goals leading up to the bigger picture of a hope or a dream that I desire to shape my life towards.

Some days that list seems like an adventure and other days it feels like a challenge; how quickly the heart can flip flop from anticipation to a sense of overwhelming doom. The weight always occurs when I focus on the main goal and let the small details fade away. I get overwhelmed because of all the work, all the effort, all the energy and emotion that it will take to get to that point. Some days I feel ready to tackle the battle and other days I’m lacking even an ounce of energy.

It is all the small details that make the main goal achievable. We can’t lose focus on the smaller tasks that aren’t as rewarding because without them the reward is not as rich.

God took 6 days to create the world and a 7th day to rest. He had the power, the ability, to create everything in one day and be done, but He didn’t. I think this speaks volumes about His expectations for us as human beings. He calls for us to work, to labor, to prepare for ourselves, our families and our church families, but He doesn’t expect us to be able to do it all in a single day.

Why are we constantly trying to upstage God? Why must we feel like we have to accomplish building an entire dream in a day? God had the power to snap his fingers and make the world appear and yet He didn’t. Scripture doesn’t give a detailed account of His reasoning, but I feel that God doesn’t do anything because He has to; He does everything because He wants to. There is no sense of urgency, anxiety, or dread in His creative hand; instead, He takes the time to dwell and develop the details. I like to think that He finds Joy in the process and gets lost in the creativity of the project, that He enjoys His work and dwells more in the template then the timetable.

He doesn’t ask us to do it all, He only asks us to give our all.

And in all that we give, let it be glorifying to Him.