Only God knows your full
potential, and He is guiding you toward that best version of yourself all the
time. He has many tools and is never in
a hurry. That can be frustrating for us,
but even in our frustration, God is at work to produce patience in us. He never gets discouraged by how long it
takes, and He delights every time you grow.
Only God can see the “best version of you,” and He is more concerned
with you reaching your full potential than you are.
"For we are God’s
handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
You are not your handiwork; your life is not your
project. Your life is God’s project. God thought you up, and He knows what you
were intended to be. He has many good
works for you to do, but they are not the kind of “to do” lists we give spouses
or employees. They are sign-posts to
your true self.
Your “spiritual life” is not
limited to certain devotional activities that you engage in. It is receiving power from the Spirit of God
to become the person God had in mind when He created you -- His handiwork.
-- John Ortberg in The Me I Want to Be
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