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   What does it mean to give it all up for God, with the trust that he will provide for you. This concept is something I never really thought hard about until now. It is something that I used to say would be easy. 
   I have committed myself (mind, body, and spirit) to The World Race and yet I am still weak when it comes to the challenges being thrown at me right now. A job promotion that I have been waiting over a year for has been set before me, a promotion that a lot of people are happy about…..except me. Why now? This is something that I really wanted, something that I paid my way through Nutrition school for. Will it be there when I get back? Will I care when I get back? I don’t want this roadblock and I don’t want the choice in my hands….
Watchman Nee says in his book The Normal Christian Life:          
     The first thing is this, that everything should be to the satisfaction of the Son of God. It is only when he is satisfied that we shall be satisfied and the sinner will be satisfied. I have never met a soul who has set out to satisfy the Lord and has not been satisfied himself. It is impossible. Our satisfaction comes unfailingly when we satisfy him first.
    But we have to remember this, that he will never be satisfied without our “wasting” ourselves upon him. Have you ever given too much to the Lord? May I tell you something? One lesson some of us have come to learn is this, that in divine service the principle of waste is the principle of power.
   So I guess that leaves me with the desire to satisfy God, knowing that he will satisfy me in return. I know he won’t satisfy me in the worldly ways, but in his spiritual ways. That should be enough…..I just pray I can get to the point where I accept that satisfaction without any doubts. I truly desire to spread God’s love around the world and to help those in need in whatever way I can.
   Even so, it still isn’t easy……:)