Lay Down!

John 10: 17 – 18

“The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life… No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.”

A few weeks ago, I heard a Scottish Pastor say, in his native brogue…

“To get a wrinkle out of a flour sack, you fill it. To get a wrinkle out of a rug, you lay it down and walk on it.

God sometimes fill us, and then sometimes it’s His prerogative, to lay us flat on the ground, so everyone can walk on us…”

We should expect this from God once in a while, but nobody wishes it, or even prays for it.

There are days I must admit, that in ministry, it feels like some people are wearing ladies high heeled shoes.

Nancy Sinatra sang a song a long time ago… “these boots were made for walking—and I’m going to walk all over you…”

Is that how you walk, the Christian walk? Has that been your experience?

When’s the last time you laid yourself down, for the cause of Christ?

When God fills us up, and then lays us down again…He’s in essence saying…

“Great! Now I can really use you!!”

“Now you’re ready to do the work, I have ordained for you to do!”

“Father God, whether You fill me up to overflowing, or You lay me flat out on the ground, I want to be fit to be Your servant.

Use Your best method on me, as I daily submit my life for Your great cause—and for Your great glory.

Amen.”