I Don’t Have Time to Write this Blog Post

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Posted by: Josh Modert, Marketing and Events Coordinator | Monday, November 24th, 2025 (12:00am)

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.—2 Corinthians 12:9 

I don’t have time to write this blog post. At least, that’s what I keep saying to myself.  

I say this about a lot of things if I’m being honest. Maybe some of you can relate? In fact, I bet we already lost some people who read the title and said, “Yeah well, I don’t really have time to read this blog either.”  

The truth is, I do have time, but just barely enough time, and I hate that. I hate it because I have that thing, the thing that some of you reading this also have. You know…  

The perfectionism thing.  

The rest of you? Well, chances are you have to lovingly put up with “us people” in your lives, us people who have The Thing (thanks for that, by the way). 

The problem for me is, I’m not fast, I’m naturally slow and contemplative about almost everything. My thoughts jumble, and I have to sort them out. I tend to overthink, gather way too much information, think through all the options, worry about making the wrong decision, then, once it’s made, I second guess and refine it a thousand times. “Analysis paralysis” some may call it. To make things worse, I tend to look back and focus on the ways this crazy method produced some form of success, conveniently forgetting to count the ways it also caused collateral damage. 

You may have heard this before, but when they’ve done studies on procrastination, it is most often linked to caring too much, rather than not enough. It’s often a fear of getting something wrong, a disproportionate emotional attachment to a task...an anxiety if you will. And there is the rub: we know what Jesus taught us about being anxious. We know that trusting our heavenly Father is the antidote. So what’s our deal? Why do we perfectionists care too much sometimes? 

You know what I’m realizing about my own perfectionism?  

It’s a cover.  

It’s a cover for my secret weakness.  

I know, deep down, I’m weak. I’m not that talented or quick or right. I’m not strong, but I can cover it up. I can obsess until I whitewash my weakness, and by doing so I believe I can cheat into appearing strong and capable, even if for just another fleeting moment. Maybe then I can accomplish something worthwhile. Maybe then I’ll feel… worthy? 

The Apostle Paul, the most prolific New Testament writer, said something I have never liked and, until this moment, have quite conveniently ignored.

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:1-4)

But, what about all my toil? Doesn’t God want excellence? Why doesn’t Paul want to devote himself to making the best, most persuasive arguments and forming lofty speech to win converts? Isn’t that how you serve the Lord well?  

What does he know that I don't? What does he understand that those of us with The Thing don’t get? 

The Lord once said to Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Paul’s response?  

“Then I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Do I want my power or Christ’s power? In other words, should I choose the limits of my own strength to gain the world’s momentary praise, or should I choose to surrender the outcome to God, so He alone is glorified? I know that most definitely should be a rhetorical question, but I fear it isn’t always for us perfectionists. We want both. Problem is, we can't serve two masters, and Christ’s power usually doesn’t make us look strong. It certainly didn’t make Him look strong on that cross, but it did demonstrate His true power.  

Maybe, my fellow Christian perfectionists, we have to drop the cover and do the blog post...the assignment...whatever the task may be, even if we can’t make it perfect by our own standards. Maybe we have to get our ego out of the way, so God can work in our weakness. Isn’t that true perfection according to Him? After all, what are we trying to prove and to whom? Would we rather keep up the front? Would we rather people be temporarily impressed with us? Would we rather accomplish things through our own power, or would we rather point people to know the power of Christ?  

So, at least for today, I’ll remember to join God and let go of perfectionism, and I’ll pray that you and I keep trusting that He’s the One who does the real work. It’s not on us. It’s not about us. He is the only wise and strong one, He’s got us, and that’s a much better deal than being a slave to perfectionism.  

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