Too Weak to be God

We had our NC State Destination Imagination competition yesterday. I was really proud of the team I manage. They were still working on props late the evening before, and had really never had a smooth practice from start to finish before the real event. Yet somehow, they performed flawlessly, everything worked the way it was supposed to, and they came home with their first place trophy.

As we drove home, I felt like I had been awake without sleep for a year. It is good this is my last kid, the one on the DI team. I am too old for the stress of competition. There is a good reason God made the major child bearing years in one's youth. Old hearts cannot bear to watch their progeny fail.

So how does God manage? I mean, my goodness, He watches me fail nearly every hour. I know He loves me. How does He manage to keep from stepping in with continual miracles to save me from myself? This ability alone disqualifies me from deity. Allowing us to fail humbles us, and humility is critical in our spiritual development. Even knowing that, I am still glad my team didn't fail. I am far too weak to be God.

(Way to go, team!)
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2 Corinthians 12:9-10 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.