What gift are you giving that he did not first give? What truth are you teaching that he didn't first teach? You love. But who loved you first? You serve. But who served the most? What are you doing for God that he could not do alone?
How kind of him to use us. How wise of us to remember.
- Outlive Your Life...Max Lucado
It is easy to get lost in the doing, when what you are doing is good. It is a lesson that I am learning as I seek to serve others in the name of Christ.
Each mission trip taxes the heart, the mind, the body and the soul. It is a process of pouring out of all that was poured in. God does not fill us to become bloated and stagnate. Rather, fresh water - living water - is a continual cleansing flow.
So, it is imperative that I learn to not to impede the flow by stacking tasks and goals like a dam. Planning is good but seeking His timing is better. Setting an objective is important but allowing His intention to change the goal is crucial. When I get lost in the doing and begin to build the dam, I need time to deconstruct. To remove the impediments and revive my heart, my mind, my body and my soul. To restore the flow.
Seeking to "remember" it is Him. It always was. It will always be.
So, it is imperative that I learn to not to impede the flow by stacking tasks and goals like a dam. Planning is good but seeking His timing is better. Setting an objective is important but allowing His intention to change the goal is crucial. When I get lost in the doing and begin to build the dam, I need time to deconstruct. To remove the impediments and revive my heart, my mind, my body and my soul. To restore the flow.
Seeking to "remember" it is Him. It always was. It will always be.
© A Sacred Longing 2009-2011
Beautifully written and you're right..."It's all about Him!"
ReplyDelete"It is a process of pouring out of all that was poured in." - So simple truth but profound. Not only it was poured in, His blessings always overflow. God bless.
So achingly heartfelt, Denise. And such wisdom. Letting Him fill is so important for any ministry. Seeking to always remember with you, sweet friend.
ReplyDeletea timely reminder...
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