Created for Greatness

I have been overwhelmed lately at the great and vast responsibilities I have been given at work. There is so much to do and yet so much I haven't even thought about doing, things I should be planning and organizing. Psalm 8:6 – 8 says, "You put us in charge of everything you made, giving us authority over all things - the sheep and the cattle and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents." As I was thinking how amazing and overwhelming such responsibility is, I prayed, "God, why would you give man such responsibility? You have to know we can't handle that much!" Then I realized that maybe we were created for a greatness that we don't recognize simply because we don't believe, we don't see it in ourselves, and all the while God is crying out to us, saying "You can do this, I know, I made you for this!"

My mind is riddled with doubt even as I type this. I often underestimate myself and in doing so, underestimate God; the same God who created me, who placed me here and gave me this responsibility. I know that I can't do all of this on my own; he did not intend for it to be such, that is why he says his spirit lives in me and that is why he calls me to let other people into my life. Yet I have a feeling that he created us to be great, much greater than we imagine ourselves. The key, I think, is to believe that there is more inside ourselves than we can see. And then take a step toward the unending battlefield of responsibility and enjoy the life he has allowed us to live.