MY WAY

I am presented with two very different paths in life. Our culture encourages me to assert myself, to express my own ambition of what I want to be, to struggle, if necessary, so that, when my ambition is accomplished, I will have found my identity and, presumably, will take my place with others who have won their place in history.

I am also presented with a very much different path in life by those who believe that God created everything and God wants me to share in his life whereby who he is will guide everything I aspire to. My goal would be to become like him. If I recklessly pursue my own ambitions, I might run the risk of becoming different than God is, possibly a rival to God. I have been struggling with this for a long time because the lure of the world is very strong and very difficult to ignore.

But when I come right down to it, God is everything. “Me” and the world were created from nothing. I don’t have anything to contribute to make God better than he already is. I think it would be wise for me to accept what God offers and avoid substituting my own ambitions if I can intuitively see that my ambitions are not what God desires.

What does “me” have to offer compared to what God is offering?

Maurice A. Williams