The Brilliance of a Light Bulb

I have often wondered why I am in a particular position at a particular time.  I make every effort to seek His will and to understand my purpose.  But sometimes, it just doesn't connect.  I have already shared my concern for my current position, one that is very detail orientated.  I wonder how will my brain ever switch over to getting it right.  I have been such a big-picture person for so long now, it really is a brain exercise to bring it into focus and find the missing "t".

Today, I happened upon a devotion by Os Hillman.  In it, I found this, "Sometimes God will place you in situations in which you have no natural gifting.  In these cases, God puts you there to experience His power in order to accomplish your tasks."   Now isn't that just mind-boggling but at the same time so true of His ways!  And with it I am compelled to speak, "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength (Phil. 4:12-14)."  Those are words I know and have believed since what seems like forever.  And yet, today, the light bulb did come on, once again, and I realized, I can do this detailed-orientated brain changing task at hand.  He will give me the forbearance, knowledge, and skill ~ His power ~ to get it done.  

I may not always know where I am going or what exactly it is that I am to be doing, but I do know that I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.