My mother has this question she asks almost every night on my return home from work, “Did you Get all you work done son?”

Almost every night my answer is the same, “No Mom I never get all my work done, but I got enough done.”

Do you ever feel like your life is bigger than you? Do you feel like there is more life to live than there is energy to live it? I do, all the time. As Jesus said “The harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few…” Mat 9: 37. I feel that way. The need is great. It is certainly greater than my ability to fill it. I think sometimes I am trying to empty the ocean with a Dixie cup.

I am sure that I would long ago have gone mad if God had not taught me a few truths that I have to repeat as a mantra over my life almost daily. Those truths are:

I AM  JUST A SERVANT NOT THE SAVIOR.

JESUS SAVES. I TESTIFY.

I DON’T HAVE TO GET IT ALL DONE. I JUST HAVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

WHEN I RUN OUT OF TIME I AM FINISHED WHETHER OR NOT I AM DONE.

AND

GOD WILL REWARD ME IF HE FINDS ME WORKING WHEN HE COMES NOT IF HE FINDS EVERYTHING DONE WHEN HE COMES.

Over time I have learned that my life will always be busy and if I choose to insist that all my work gets done before I stop working then I will never stop working. I have also learned that if I hold on to that attitude long enough eventually it will burn me out and then I will be tempted to leave off the race I began so long ago. Folks we are not called to get everything done. We are called to finish the race, and sometimes finishing means leaving something undone.

I hope that helps.