“It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our
qualification comes from God.” (2 Corinthians 3:5 NLT)
Life is a struggle, but what most people don’t
realize is that our struggle, like Jacob’s, is really with God! We want to be
God, and there’s no way we’re going to win that struggle. But we try anyway.
A.W. Tozer said, "The reason why many are
still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because
they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give
orders, and interfering with God's work within us."
We aren’t God, and we never will be. We’re humans,
and the times when we try to be God are the times we end up most like Satan,
who tried to be equal with God, too.
We accept our humanity intellectually but not
emotionally. We give mental assent to the idea, but when faced with our own
limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be
taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, beautiful, and wealthy.
