I have become all things to
all men, that I might by all means save some. —1 Corinthians 9:22
CHAMBERS} “A Christian worker has to learn how to be God’s man or
woman of great worth and excellence in the midst of a multitude of meager and
worthless things. Never protest by saying, “If only I were somewhere else!” All
of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the
purpose He has given them. […] We are not workers for God by choice. Many
people deliberately choose to be workers, but they have no purpose of God’s
almighty grace or His mighty Word in them. Paul’s whole heart, mind, and soul
were consumed with the great purpose of what Jesus Christ came to do, and he
never lost sight of that one thing. […] It is not that you have gotten God, but
that He has gotten you. God is at work bending, breaking, molding, and doing
exactly as He chooses. […] We have to be in God’s hand so that He can place
others on the Rock, Jesus Christ, just as He has placed us. […] once God has
placed His call upon you, woe be to you if you “turn aside…to the right or the
left…” (Deuteronomy 28:14). He will do with you what He never did before His
call came to you, and He will do with you what He is not doing with other
people. Let Him have His way.”
{ELGIN} “Have Thine own way Lord, have Thine own way. You are the Potter and I am the clay. Mold me
and make me, after Thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and still.” Oh how I love the old worship songs. I often wonder what was going on in the life
of the person that penned the lyrics. Are
you ready for God to do what He purposed to do in your life? Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “But we have
this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God
and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,
but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not
destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:7-9) He was speaking to how fragile we are on our
own, but what is in the “jar” is able to meet whatever comes out way. Whether it is our calling or our
circumstance, we are able to stand against it because of the power and presence
of God. “What then shall we say to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31) Listen, we are
all going to face trouble – challenges – trials – add any label you like. But our feet are planted firmly on the Solid
Rock, Jesus Christ. We have an eternal
destiny, what we need to maintain is our eternal perspective. “For I am sure that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39) Meditate on that this morning. In light of your present circumstances, your
past, or what might be looming in your future … you have Jehovah God on your
side. You are in the palm of His
hand. Be encouraged … don’t be downcast
.. put your hope in God! Bondye Fidel – God is Faithful!
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