This question keeps popping up when talking to my friend as I shared my struggle to him. His feedback is my direction is not clear. Sometimes I just want to escape from difficult situations. Some other times I just want to improve without clear target or objective. The similar trend is that I seem to follow my feeling instead of sticking to what I want or the targeted objectives.
Usually I will then answer that I only have the unrealistic objective which is to master something in a short time without much efforts or pains. Or I will say that the objective is to do everything perfectly. Or I will say my goal is to be accepted by everyone. The problem is that I know they are unrealistic but not let them go & find a more realistic objective. In addition, it is hard for me to separate between feelings and direction or implementation. When I feel bad, I do not do. But what is the relationship between feeling bad and not doing the task. Isn’t possible to feel bad but yet still doing our task.
I can turn everything into perfectionism, even in making a specific to do list or a specific goal. So my help can only come from God. Whatever we do, we do it for the Lord. As I struggle even to find my specific objectives, may I remember that the healthy and right goal is to please God. And that is not because we can control God as we are already saved by God in Jesus’ death for us. When I tell lies to myself, remember there is no condemnation for those in Jesus. So let the goal be to fix my eyes on Jesus and be satisfied in Him and be closer to Him.
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