Deliver Me From My Own Success

At least that's what I think God is trying to do.

I love success. I hate failure. No results forces me to get creative until I see some. Tangible results then drive me to work even harder.

But in the ministry, it's not my success that I want. It's not my name I wish to have glorified. It's His. In order for that to happen, though, I'm finding that I have to die to my own success.

I have to be okay with looking like a failure. I have to be okay sticking with "things of small beginnings." I'll have to do things that look ridiculous. I'll have to pass up on opportunities that look like those of the "once in a lifetime" variety.

If that's what it takes for You to be glorified, God, then deliver me from my own success.