I was reading our devo today 1 Corinthians 4, Paul suffered a whole lot more than what most church leaders do today but we still need to find ways to encourage them. Their load is not light by any means. Could you carry your pastor's load? Hopefully there was not anyone arrogant enought to say yes.
Yet we complain about our leaders? What is up with that? I will be the first to admit I have done it. We have to be willing to help them and support them. After all if we are serving in the right church body, God has placed these leaders over us!
It's okay to admit we don't have it all together! Try approaching life like this...you came from dust and to dust you will return...you own nothing and everything you have comes from the provision of God. You are not here for your fame or glory but for His. Be a steward! Try being a steward of your words, your thoughts and your actions. Let Jesus show in the little things of life! This does not mean you can never achieve anything in life and you have to take everything that comes your way. Instead just weigh out your decisions starting with seeking God. When you achieve things just know it is because of Him and not you. Find your purpose in Him and let your life unfold from there.
God desires us to seek Him first in everything. We cannot keep Him in a little box and take Him out on Sunday or during the week like a genie and expect to live an abundant blessed life. He desires a personal daily to the minute relationship with us!
God is growing in each of us a passion to serve Him. He has a unique calling for you. He is planting gifts and talents inside of you for a special assignment that only you can do through Him.
I have been in a season of quietness. I think this blog post is almost opposite to my last.
The only way I can visualize and explain this is I feel like I have been in a box where I have been banging ”let me out!" I guess it is a good thing He hasn't let me out. I feel like that box has been placed in a crowded place and I am the size of little person (like on the movie Darby O'Gill). The flaps have been opened and I am standing up looking around and Jesus is saying "come on, get out."
"Now it is time to let that passion out, smile, be alive, be concerned, listen, love, observe” and I'm a little nervous because now I have to own up to what I have said. It's almost as if I am telling Him, "wait, I just need a few more minutes, could you close the box again." The box is gone and I'm standing like a statue and Jesus is tapping on my shoulder "stop standing there, do something" and I am saying "I don't know what to do" and I feel like His reaching down taking one of my legs and putting it forward and then the other. He says "now try".
This is experiencing God for me today. I thank God daily for the opportunies He places before me each day no matter how small.
I don't want to be found standing like a statue. My desire is to build up Jesus and speak love and life into others. Standing like a statue is being prideful because it means I am worried about what people think.
Not sure if you have ever heard an old gospel song (yeah I'm old school) "I can't even walk" http://www.songlyrics.com/charles-johnson/i-can-t-even-walk-lyrics/
My grandmother used to sing this song around the house with her hands raised. She might still do it, she never had a career or did anything super in most people's eyes but she is known for her love and compassion. Grandmother was my role model and watching her is what saved me. When things get tough...find her because Jesus is always near! She really exemplifies that song "down on my knees, I learned to stand, because I can't even walk without You holding my hand." Grandmother showed she needed Jesus in the small things like washing the dishes, doing laundry, cleaning and dealing with people. That's what we all need to show that Jesus present in the small things is huge, that is how He changes lives.
Thanking Him today for being with us in the small things today,
and dreaming big of walking it out!
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