Sometimes in life we want things to be different, but we are not willing to let go of what we are currently doing, in order to be free to do the new thing.
Personally, there are new hobbies I’d like to take up, current ones which I’d like to devote more attention to and old ones which would be fun to start again. But each takes time and effort to get up to the standard you want. Running, cycling, mountain biking, surfing, guitar, reading books, watching movies.
God’s power is without limit, but we are limited. We might be told by some in the world that we can do it all and take on everything, but God knows that we cannot nor does he expect us to.
The Apostle Paul, in his missionary journeys and extended stays had a few regular patterns, but was also open to stopping one thing and moving onto another. He would regularly start in a town at the synagogue and explain Christ to the Jews, if that was prevented, he stopped, and moved to proclaim to the Gentiles. He would move from synagogue to marketplace, to halls, to houses. And he would move from town to town as well.
Our lives and ministries are in this place, but what might we let go of to start more fruitful work?
– Sam Pursell