Some good proverbs point in opposite directions. Consider “haste makes waste” versus “the early birds gets the worm.” These proverbs require and deserve integration.
Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Do as you can until you can do as you would.
We tend to like doing things we can do well and avoid doing things we cannot do well. That’s reasonable as long as we integrate the truth that
There are things we should do, even though we cannot do them well.
A man with COPD should breathe. A woman with arthritis should walk. Someone partially blind should watch. A person with meager study skills should study Scripture. Even if my evangelistic efforts are clumsy, I should evangelize. An introvert with a small house should be hospitable.
God told Moses to deliver a message to Pharaoh. Moses protested “I am not eloquent …. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” (Exodus 4:10). God replied, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? Now therefore, go ….”
Still, Moses suggested an alternative. “Oh my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever …. So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses….”
Our inadequacy may fit God’s plan. “God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty …. that no flesh should glory in His presence.” (I Corinthians 1: 27-29).
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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