I want to first thank you all for reading this and for your prayers and support throughout my journey so far and enjoy this blog!
So this week is our last week here in Cambodia which is crazy to think about! I really enjoyed our ministry this month and getting used to a very different culture here in Asia. So during our month we attended a men’s bible study with our host and some other leaders of local ministries around Battambang. I really enjoyed having coffee, some good breakfast food and the conversations we had at each one. This last week while reading and a view point was brought to my attention that I couldn’t ignore. We were reading out of 2 Corinthians and Paul in this letter to the Corinthians is giving them a good reminder about humility within their church. He says in verse twelve:
“We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.”
??2 Corinthians? ?10:12? ?NIV??
This really got me thinking while reading this passage. I thought to myself about how much I compare myself to others. Its actually astounding how much this thought actually consumes me. I often think: “Am I reading my bible enough?” “Maybe if I pray for this person they will think I’m a true servant of God.”. These thoughts are only brought by the devil and he is using them to distract us. We should only be worried about the opinion of only one. Our Father and He already has a opinion of us, He loves and cares for us each as son’s and daughter’s of Christ.
And then in the middle of our discussion through this chapter a man by the name of Greg brought up a very sad but true topic. He said that he was “disappointed” by the blogs written by previous world race teams he had hosted. He said: “The blogs i read were very self consuming and about what the individual was doing and not about what God was doing through them. Then they go home and people praise them and they get this sense of entitlement because they went on a mission trip for a year..It isn’t about them it should be all about God.” Let me just say i immediately started praying and repenting because this is exactly what I have done in my previous blogs. So I’m saying now I WILL NOT GO ON BOASTING. I want Jesus to resemble through me and my actions. I also want to take the time to thank my church , Grove City Church of the Nazarene, for all the pastors, employees, volunteers and people who have intentionally poured into my life. Without all of you I would not and could not be where I am at today serving and building Gods Kingdom.
So with that this is the verse I want to resemble while on this race:
“But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.”
??2 Corinthians? ?10:17-18? ?NIV??
Much Love,
Mack
