We have been blessed to have our new pastor and his family at our church for the past month. I gleaned some new thoughts to contemplate from his sermon today about our Christian walks. We have two roads that we can choose as Christians, one is the road that takes us down the path of “What can you do for me?” while the other takes us down the road of “I’ll do whatever you ask of me.”. Think about what road you are on as you read the following quote.
Holy Spirit, I have mistreated you all my Christian life. I have treated you like a servant. When I wanted you, I called for you. When I was about to engage in some work, I beckoned you to come and help me perform my task. I sought to use you in my self-appointed task and work. I shall do so no more. Just now I give you this body of mine from head to feet. I give myself to you-my hands, my limbs, my eyes, my lips, my brain. All I am within and without, I hand over to you. Live in me as you please. You may send this body to Africa, or lay it in a bed with cancer. You may send this body to the Eskimos or send it to the hospital with pneumonia. I am yours. Help yourself to me! Thank you Lord. I believe you accept it, for in Romans 12you said that if I would “present” you would find me “acceptable unto yourself.’
-Dr. Walter Wilson
I am not saying that it’s wrong to ask God for help or strength when we need it. The real question is what road are we walking down when we ask this, or what is the motive behind our asking. I know that I want my motive to be one of total openness and willingness to see God’s work in me. What’s your motive and what road are you walking down today? I pray that it would be one of being open and willing to all that God asks of you whether it be hard or easy. Sometimes the hard times of life are the ones we dread the most, but in the end they are the ones we are most thankful for because of what we have learned and how we have matured by going through them.
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