Wow, it has been a long time since I've blogged. I suppose December was filled with cookie decorating and Christmas celebrations. In January I have been focusing on being more healthy and decluttering. But today, this really hit me because it is my heart's desire to honor God and encourage others toward Him.
If your sincere intent is to glorify God & bless people in your efforts,
And you are not motivated by self-focused unloving attitudes,
You will see the hand of God move with you as you do your work.
(Dallas Willard, “Who Is Your Teacher?”)
And you are not motivated by self-focused unloving attitudes,
You will see the hand of God move with you as you do your work.
(Dallas Willard, “Who Is Your Teacher?”)
- makes God’s goodness, beauty, strength and power obvious (glorifying God),
- intends to bless people,
- is selfless and loving.
So my job is not to move God’s hand or to make my work effective; my job is to keep a right heart, one that:
People and circumstances were wearing away my belief that I work with God and God works with me. That despair keeps me from trusting that God’s hand is moving even if I can’t see it. I serve the Lord Jesus Christ, not myself, not publishers, not even my readers, students or directees. Jan Johnson
"May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God's presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of myself as a vessel for Him to fill full of His Spirit and His love." Andrew Murray
So, my prayer today is to cooperate with God in His kingdom work of spreading the Good News of the Gospel of Grace. I want to impact others lives but I get discouraged when I don't see anything happening. Maybe it's because God knows I'd be prone to pride and think it was "my works" that were drawing people to Christ rather than His kindness. I pray to keep a pure heart before the Lord, ready and willing to be His servant.
So, my prayer today is to cooperate with God in His kingdom work of spreading the Good News of the Gospel of Grace. I want to impact others lives but I get discouraged when I don't see anything happening. Maybe it's because God knows I'd be prone to pride and think it was "my works" that were drawing people to Christ rather than His kindness. I pray to keep a pure heart before the Lord, ready and willing to be His servant.
Romans 15:13 (NLT) I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
