I am beginning a study that Lauren and Dennis recommended. I am working through David Nassar’s “A Call To Die”. Quit frankly, I hope I am made of the stuff to get through this one. It is kicking my proverbial tale and it is only the first day. But anyway, Nassar quotes Dwight Moody who challenged his audience with “The world has yet to see what God will do through one man whose heart is completely his.” Moody responded instantly, “Lord I want to be that man!”. If you know anything about Dwight Moody’s ministry, you know that he eventually launched a missions movement that touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
I wonder what it would look like if my heart was completely and solely God’s. What would happen if I was so sold out to God, that each day finished with less sin...less of me and more of God. I have a feeling that with time, sin would hold less appeal. The sin of pride would be replaced with love and humility. Gossip would turn to genuine encouragement. Slander would leave me feeling sad. Gluttony and greed would be exchanged for simplicity. Jealousy to celebration. Foul thinking to thoughts that were restored by God’s Spirit. As you can tell I have a long way to go. We all do.
We are all on the same boat. We are also in God’s Hand. He is refining and transforming our very identity and nature so we look more like our Papa each day. The older I get, the more I want to be seen as Papa’s little girl.
I love Matthew 16:24 from the NLT version. It says, “ Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.” This sounds much more like a lot of sacrifice. And it is...if you are only going to look at the immediate. However in the long run, the change that happens in us by putting away our selfishness and taking up our cross leads to the greatest adventure we can experience. The adventure is our decision; IF anyone wants to be a follower. It is our decision each day we swing our legs over the side of the bed.
Yea, I want to be that woman... The woman whose heart is completely His.
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