attack not avoid shortcomings

Our defence lies in the cry: ecce ego, quia vocasti me! (1 Sam 3:6), here I am for you have called me! We should not go against God’s call because we have shortcomings, but rather attack those shortcomings because God has called us.
When difficulty and temptation arise, the devil often wants us to reason thus: “Since you have this shortcoming, it is a sign that God is not calling you; you cannot continue.” We should be warned about the sophistry of this reasoning and think instead: since God has called me, with God’s grace I can indeed continue, in spite of this error.

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