Editor’s notice: Jim Manney is the writer of A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer and different books about Ignatian spirituality. Below is an excerpt he shares from his latest e-book, What Matters Most and Why: Living the Spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
You should not suppose that God requires what man can’t accomplish. There is not any must put on your self out, however make a reliable and ample effort, and depart the remaining to Him.
—Ignatius Loyola
As pearls of Ignatian knowledge go, that is maybe probably the most sensible: “Do what you can.” “Make a competent and sufficient effort.” Have you executed what you may on this scenario? Have you neglected one thing? Are you giving up too rapidly? Or are you attempting to do greater than you may? Have you forgotten that the end result of this enterprise is as much as God, not you?
These are powerful questions, however Ignatius reminds us that we are able to reply them. We’re to not be swept up in occasions like a stick caught in a quick-flowing river. We’re to not make these selections thoughtlessly. We’re to mirror on them, make them consciously and purposefully. We can determine to let God be God. We’re not in charge of every thing; we management quite a bit lower than we predict we do more often than not, however we are able to management this. We can determine to let God be God and to do what we are able to.
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