I heard one of the best quotes on TV yesturday. I have been thinking about it ever since. One of those things that stops you in your thinking tracks. I was watching a show about the NFL try outs for the Dallas Cowboys. The quote came during the opening motivational speech given by a former player. While barking out inspirational words of wisdom, Micheal Irving stated, ”These drills are designed to expose your flaws.”
I have been thinking all day about how these words apply to me? As I thought more about what season I find myself in, I see trials. I got to thinking about how my trials can be applied in the same way as drills. My trials in life are designed to expose my flaws. I get so dang frustrated when wrestling with my trials that I often miss the point. Trials are annoying, inconvient, and exhausting. Trails usually require me to wrestle with something going on in myself; usually something I am not willing to give up.
I desire to live life after him. I desire to look and sound like my savior. I wish to become what I want to say in life. This requires transformation of giving up my old self and moving into living out how he is molding me. With this transformation comes trials. The book of Romans tells us that trials develop perserverence, strength, character and hope. It also says, “let us hope in the glory of God.”
I desire to have the hope of the glory of God as I enter my new season of trials. I know these trials are designed to expose my flaws. God wants to make life and character out of me. My desire is to enter these trials thinking and hoping for the glory of God to be revealed in the end. Exposure is uncomfortable and scary. No one likes feeling exposed. But if exposure means hoping for the glory of God to shine through me and character to be developed, then I want that. Bring on the Drills.
What is He exposing in you?
How are you wrestling through your trials?
Do you have hope?
That is good stuff, Tracee. You are definitely on to something. Let the drills begin, and may He give me grace to follow thru.
Gay, SO great to see you on my blog!! love your thoughts. thanks for reading!! I hope that you find your grace.
my current drill is definitely exposing my flaws. and they are a’plenty.
i can’t wait for Him to blow His whistle and shout, “bring it in!” and at the same time, i don’t want to miss anything right now. because this is a drill i never want to get stuck running again.
you are doing great friend! you really are handling your drills so great. he is making life out of you.
you just got quoted in a comment on my blog.
you are SO damn passonable.
st louis job is my drill. can i make it out here? on tuesdays i look to others to decide if i will make the team. on wednesdays i’m reminded to let God decide my fate. then thursdays i’m back to wringing my hands over other people’s opinions.
i’m with alece. somedays i want God to say “bring it in” or “move back” because this IS exhausting. and it would be easier to bolt than to face certain things. i’ve had it in my mind that if God led me to stl, then obviously i would be successful at this dream job. He knows this is important to me, why wouldn’t i win? it hasn’t occurred to me that this could be about eternal growth rather than a job… and maybe he knew a “dream job” would be the only way to get me out of my nest in DC.