Still struggling with the whole "I can do everything mentality...if I were smart enough, strong enough, wise enough..." you get the picture. One of my favorite quotes by my pastor is "find humility in your limitations". I love this quote!
Romans 12 backs this up pretty nicely:
3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. 4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his[b]faith. 7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
This says to me that all we need to do is focus on the gifts we have been given and use them according to the measure of our faith. Not quite sure what the last part means. It's somewhat freeing to know that even the B-I-B-L-E doesn't expect me to know and do everything. And v.3 sort of tells me that others struggle with the wish for omnipotence or omnicence, or whatever. The cool thing is that if we just focused on developing our own skills and gifts and talents and appreciated the gifts of those around us (rather than compete with them) we would be a truer picture of a unified body. Hmmm.......
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