dailydatewithgod

We tend to categorize our actions based on the language of willingness.  Rarely does it center on the reality of capability.  There are many things we are capable of doing but are not willing to do yet when we are asked to explain we say it is because we are not capable of doing it.  Is that the truth?  We sometimes misuse the language of capability by placing it under willingness. This is how we stay trapped in fear.  We make a determination of capability based on what we think we can or cannot do and without checking it out convince ourselves we are not capable.  All that is going on is we are not willing to test it out and see if we are.  To test it out might cause discomfort and who is willing to be uncomfortable?  As someone who has fallen prey to the idea that I need to excel at something the first time I do it or there is not point, I have told myself over the years many times that I am not capable.  It is only when I am pushed by outside circumstances do I often stop and check out my real capabilities. There is the element of not wanting to do something, but wanting is not the same as willing.  We can be willing to see if we are capable but to automatically assume that because we are not willing it means we are not capable is false.  I have learned based on the things that are brought to my attention to deal with that God sees me as much more capable of handling things than I do.  Because of our daily dates I have grown to trust in God’s confidence in my capabilities more than my own.  My mind cannot be the only judge of my capability, my heart and spirit must be involved as well. The willingness to discover my capabilities because my spirit awakens something in my heart has led me down paths I never knew I would or was capable of traveling.  Moving past our mind’s verdict of capability makes room for the unfolding of a life through God’s eyes and opens my heart for growth in love.

My prayer for us is the curiosity to explore past our mind’s belief in our capability which is masked under our willingness to be uncomfortable and see what life has in store for us today.