As I look back on my life, I realise that I had always been an achiever, or more accurately ‘an attempter.’ I’ve tried to fill every moment of my life with activity but I have seldom fulfilled my objectives. The answer to my failure is probably in the Bible.
When we attempt to do things in our own strength we will not be successful. God has plans for our lives He has ways He wants us to go. When we go our own way without consulting Him we are bound to fail. We cannot achieve what is not in His purpose for our lives. We need to work with and for God.
Nor does He expect us to live life on our own without help from others. ‘No man is an island entire of itself, every man is a piece of a continent, a part of the main’ John Donne. We need the help of others and also we need to be able to help others. It is a two-way objective. Community is the way we have been programmed as we are meant to interact with others. ‘Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.‘ Ephesians 4:12