Friday, August 10, 2012

God Gets The Credit Not Me

My Utmost For His Highest

‘No normal, healthy saint ever chooses suffering; he simply chooses God’s will, just as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not. […]God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.’ CHAMBERS

Do you find yourself in a place where you are suffering for God?  What foes that suffering look like?  Separated from your family? Spiritually isolated?  Surrounded by people who don’t like you or don’t understand you?  Or maybe it is that God has asked you to give up what you value to serve Him … like your possessions or job … that is a form of suffering in that it requires you to not have something that you treasure.

How do you respond when others acknowledge that suffering? When they give you credit for your sacrifice to God.  Don’t you see that if you receive and value their praise it dilutes the purity of your sacrifice and act of obedience?

In all things God should be glorified … just like the crowns worn by the 24 elders will be cast at the feet of Jesus … Revelation 4:10-11  ‘the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:  (11)  "You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created."

Do you see … that everything springs forth from Him?  We can take credit for nothing but our obedience.  And that is a testimony to God’s grace and mercy.

Point someone to Jesus today …

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

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