As
I have explored Jesus more and more I find that the things he did were opposite
of what everyone else was doing. I know you have probably heard this message
preached at least once… but we are supposed to be opposite of the world, we are
supposed to pray for eyes like Jesus had, we are supposed to shape our lives
around his. But lets be honest… Do we?
Do we choose not to conform by
putting down even the things that bring us pleasure, by surrendering the things
that bring us fulfillment in the world (for me its things as small as chocolate
and as big as my insecurities and fears) in order for God to come in and give
us fulfillment that will last forever, to allow him to manifest more in us. Do
we actually want what it means to put down our own agendas and obey the spirit?
I know for me it was inconvenient sometimes to go meet the person I was
supposed to and speak life into them and pray for them because I was tired, I
was running late already and was too stressed with my own “problems” to notice
the depressed and lonely single mother in front of me who just needed some
hope.
Do we actually pray the prayer to
have eyes like Jesus, then live in the faith that He will give them to us and
then intentionally choose to see like him… and then, the hard part, DO
something about what we see!?
Am I actually willing to inconvenience
my life, and be bothered in order to share the Gospel.
Am I actually willing to give up
something that in reality is SO insignificant like coffee or the latest
greatest new best thing in order to save money and give it to the needs I see
in the world?
Am I actually willing to start
letting God transform my life and walk as redeemed even though it is SO easy to
live in the world and believe what the world tells me about myself!?
These are the things that I am
starting to think about as I am beginning to think about coming home. Am I
willing? I have seen the world, I have experienced God in so many ways… but AM
I, ARE YOU, actually willing to do something about this CALLING on our lives?
Are we even willing to pray the
bold prayers and invite God to do works in us that make us die to ourselves and
start serving others, loving the world, and giving everything we are blessed
with to glorify God?
a humbled missionaries thoughts…
blessings,
Rach
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