We can have the right scriptures, the right purposes, and even unlimited opportunities--but God has a very difficult time working in His children who are not servant driven. We must not only be PURPOSE driven, but also SERVANT DRIVEN. "The greatest among you will be your servant" Matthew 23:11. Our challenge is to empty our cup so God can fill it with His servant Spirit. Let us move our motto from, "Give me!" to "Here I am, USE ME!"
"A new command I give you: LOVE ONE ANOTHER" John 13:34 Jesus not only taught us to love one another, but he also practiced it and He challenges us--as fully devoted Christ followers, to put these examples into practice in our own lives. The servant will desire to do God's work in God's way for God's glory.
It is time... Will YOU empty your cup; allow God to fill it with His servant Spirit...and then POUR yourself into people.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Why? Why? Why?
I want to share a fantastic story that was passed along to me. It reminds us that even when faced with intense, even impossible circumstances that God wants us to do our part and He will take care of the rest.
Many times we are asking "Why?" when we should be asking ourselves, "Why not?". Reason being is that we have the power of God, the power of His Spirit within us, and by our faith -- anything is possible with God.
Read the story below and it will help answer the 'WHY's' in your life.
When you’re asking Why? Why? Why?
I heard a story recently that went something like this: God pointed to a large boulder and told a man, “Try to move that boulder.” Day after day the man pushed and shoved at that boulder and it never budged an inch. After a couple of years of this the man finally gave up. Frustrated, he sat down and leaned against the boulder and said, “It’s impossible! God, why would you tell me to move this boulder? I can’t! I’m done! I give up!” God replied, “I didn’t tell you to move the boulder, I told you to try to move it. And you obeyed. And look at you now. Your back and arms are muscular and strong. Your body is lean and tanned. And you know every crack and crevice of the boulder. Now watch Me move it.” God moved the boulder and charged the man with the responsibility of building bridges out of smaller rocks, which of course he could do with no effort at all with his newly formed muscles, strong back and arms.
Through every struggle, challenge and trial, God has shown Himself faithful to us, even as we’ve continued to push on the boulder. When you pray and God responds, you learn how to lean on Him when things are beyond your control in a way that you just can’t absorb third-hand in church. Your faith becomes real. It becomes a working part of your life. It becomes a necessary function of who you are, like an arm, a leg or your brain.
You can’t NOT lean on God because you’ve seen him move those boulders that you could never budge.
What I missed in those “why, why, why?” moments is that while God doesn’t always resolve our concerns immediately, He always, always immediately responds. Some people get a speedy miracle, but some of us will have some boulders that He wants us to try to shove for awhile. And while we’re shoving, God is blessing us with opportunities, relationships, experiences and other miracles that strengthen our muscles and build our faith.
And if you’ll do it, you’ll be blessed in ways you cannot imagine, through experiences and blessings that it never even occurred to you to ask for. And when it is time, God will say, “Okay, my child. Now watch Me move it.”
Zechariah 4:6
"Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit" says the Lord God Almighty
Many times we are asking "Why?" when we should be asking ourselves, "Why not?". Reason being is that we have the power of God, the power of His Spirit within us, and by our faith -- anything is possible with God.
Read the story below and it will help answer the 'WHY's' in your life.
When you’re asking Why? Why? Why?
I heard a story recently that went something like this: God pointed to a large boulder and told a man, “Try to move that boulder.” Day after day the man pushed and shoved at that boulder and it never budged an inch. After a couple of years of this the man finally gave up. Frustrated, he sat down and leaned against the boulder and said, “It’s impossible! God, why would you tell me to move this boulder? I can’t! I’m done! I give up!” God replied, “I didn’t tell you to move the boulder, I told you to try to move it. And you obeyed. And look at you now. Your back and arms are muscular and strong. Your body is lean and tanned. And you know every crack and crevice of the boulder. Now watch Me move it.” God moved the boulder and charged the man with the responsibility of building bridges out of smaller rocks, which of course he could do with no effort at all with his newly formed muscles, strong back and arms.
Through every struggle, challenge and trial, God has shown Himself faithful to us, even as we’ve continued to push on the boulder. When you pray and God responds, you learn how to lean on Him when things are beyond your control in a way that you just can’t absorb third-hand in church. Your faith becomes real. It becomes a working part of your life. It becomes a necessary function of who you are, like an arm, a leg or your brain.
You can’t NOT lean on God because you’ve seen him move those boulders that you could never budge.
What I missed in those “why, why, why?” moments is that while God doesn’t always resolve our concerns immediately, He always, always immediately responds. Some people get a speedy miracle, but some of us will have some boulders that He wants us to try to shove for awhile. And while we’re shoving, God is blessing us with opportunities, relationships, experiences and other miracles that strengthen our muscles and build our faith.
And if you’ll do it, you’ll be blessed in ways you cannot imagine, through experiences and blessings that it never even occurred to you to ask for. And when it is time, God will say, “Okay, my child. Now watch Me move it.”
Zechariah 4:6
"Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit" says the Lord God Almighty
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