So I have been away.... not because I forgot about this, or because I have fallen off the train and felt unable to write... but because I have been giving up my computer time for God. He has called me to do great things this year. He has created each one of us specifically for our investment in THIS YEAR!!!
This last week this song came to my heart during a really great sermon at my church.
"You are God. You gave Your Spirit.
You lay my path before me.
You put Your law in my heart.
I am Yours. I am Your child.
I want to do Your will for me.
To become an offering.
As I close my eyes, You draw me nearer now
To You heart. To Your plan.
Lord, I give myself to You."
It was at this moment I realized that all the scripture, prayers and thoughts I had these past weeks were pointing in one direction. To give it all up. To do everything will all my heart. From cooking, to exercise, to playing with the kiddos, to laundry. I need to do it all as to God!!! I know it may seem like nothing to some of you reading this. It is, after all, verbatim from Corinthians 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." But think also of the teaching to women in Ephesians 5:22 - to submit at we do to Christ, meaning in EVERYTHING! And also to men in Ephesians 5:25 showing just what Jesus did for us. He gave everthing He had and submitted his very life unto death just to show His total and complete love for US! So I ask you, what have you done this week to show that same dedication to your "job" as a messenger of His -- for Him, for your family or friends, for a stranger?
Think about it!
Go outside your box today! Leave the comfort of "regularity" and "normal".
You can do it!
Go for it in 2009!
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and after we give it all up-- we suddenly wonder why we held so tightly in the first place-- God replaces it with SO MUCH MORE!
ReplyDeleteKeep the great mindset, Ellie =)
You're right, it's not about the actual changes being made (or the failures here and there) it's about the "renewing of your mind" that makes you desire the change for the right reasons.
Standing in your corner cheering you on...
Your sis.