I was reading from my "go to book of encouragement" tonight, a compilation of three of Corrie Ten Boom's books, and I couldn't move on from a chapter until I picked up a pen and wrote about my thoughts ;)
Corrie is telling the the story of another prisoner at Ravensbruck who was hesitant to believe in Jesus because she thought she had too much changing to do before Jesus would accept her. Corrie quickly told her that all that was required of her was to believe...and accept Him...for He already did all the work on the cross.
I read this and I thought they were perfect words for the one who looks ahead and feels overwhelmed by the space between who you are now and who you desire to be....a better person at X...fill in the blank...
I feel that we, I, have such a tendency to collapse into ourselves and view a desire to change as just "one more thing" to wear us out, require all our energy, and then some...But we don't have to feel like our tiny little human strength is all that's going to be available to us to achieve change in our lives.
Thank God that He has already allocated to you all the strength, courage, faith, etc you need to REACH for the horizon He has placed in front of you. Thank Him that he will do (the change) in you as you keep simply supplying the "reach".
Change your perspective on the change and keep focused on the One who has already done it in you.
