10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children, Romans 8:10-16
Were you ever put in positions in life that caused you great anxiety? I'm sure you have unless I'm reading too much of me into you. I moved a lot so every few years I was starting fresh in a school where I had no friends. That causes anxiety! But the worst situation was starting medical school. I was always at the top of my class and suddenly I was in a class where everyone was at the top of their class. Not only that, but many had spent prior years in the medical field like nurses, PA's, Nurse practitioners, EMT's and they already knew medicine. I didn't know the difference between an intern and internist. (if you don't either, well there is a huge difference as I embarrassingly found out) I had imposter syndrome long before anyone even knew what that was. Frankly I feared failing, being inadequate, and second guessing my choice to go to medical school. People ask me why I didn't become a sports doctor as much as I like sports. The truth is we had a sports doctor give a lecture and he was putting his hand in weird positions and saying, "A patient comes in with their hand looking like this. What nerve is injured?" Classmates were yelling out correct answers and I couldn't hazard a guess. I said to myself, "I guess I'm not smart enough to go into that field", which is ironic because there are insider jokes about Orthopods are the dumb doctors and just like to saw and hammer things.
Now what if my father would have been dean of the school? Would I have feared failing? Would I have feared being kicked out? No! Why? Because my father would have been committed to me succeeding. He probably would have had the lecturer over for dinner and given me a private tutorial. I would have thought, "you guys know a lot, but my daddy is in charge of this school." I would have had the most powerful advocate on my side who was committed to me succeeding and one who I could take all my shortcomings to, and he would understand and ease my anxiety and fears and help me in my times of need. But I didn't.
But I do have this advocate in life. My daddy is king of the universe. What do I need to fear? I can go to Him anytime because He is committed to my making it to the end. He is for me. I can cast all my cares, fears, anxieties, short-comings, inadequacies on Him because He cares for me and He actually has the power to help me. I can actually go through life and not fear what the world fears because I know the creator of the whole world and He loves me so much that He died for me. Man, life is great!
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