Walking My Tight Rope

It seems like lately I have been walking a tight rope.  There is always a balancing act between my personal desire of achievement and the plans that God has for me.  On one side of the tight rope is my desire to succeed and on the other is my desire to follow God’s plan.  I do believe that these can be the same at times, but right now I am in a struggle feeling like these two things are opposing each other. 

Part of my problem is that I know there is a path that I have been called to and the fact that I know I have to work very hard to achieve any kind of success (my perception, of course) in my marriage, business, even roles in ministry and life in general.  I want to work hard at these things but also know that God’s idea of success and the worldly (my) idea of success are often quite different.   I know in my head that the worldly idea of success matters very little in the end and my “well run, idea of success” is what may keep me from experiencing the true blessings that God has waiting for me.  What if I come to the end and God, says “Well done good, clean, well managed servant.” But fails to find me faithful in Him?  What good is that? 

What if I choose to jump off the side of the tight rope that is God’s plan and all will be to His glory?  What if I follow closely after Him and the world begins to think I “missed out” and even perhaps failed?  I realize that my fear is what “looks” like failure not necessarily failure itself.  Although, I am not fond of real failure either.  I have to jump off the tight rope into whatever it is that He has for me.  Achieving has always been a high priority for me.  I want to achieve in the right things, the worthy things, the things that matter in the end.  I will stop walking the tight rope and make that leap into the uncertainty that faith requires.  I will let go of my fears in lieu of my greatest fear of all – a life that made no difference.

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