Luke
22: 42
“Father,
if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
yours, be done.”
Each of us when we
were born, were given a portion of self awareness.
Every day we now
have a choice of serving God, or serving ourselves. It’s called free
will.
I believe I was born
with a degree of self-centeredness and selfishness.
I’m not sure in
total what makes me tick, but I do know that God does.
When I took a recent
rest from ministry, I did wonder selfishly how our church would
survive.
Maybe I had a larger
opinion of myself, than was necessary.
God showed me an
object lesson, when our giving/tithing at church in the month of May, was of
record proportion.
The universal church
has learned that there is power in numbers, but in God’s economy, that’s an
absolute myth.
I do know that God
doesn’t need me, but He really does want me.
I so often make this
walk of faith about me, when it doesn’t have anything remotely to do with
me.
What do common
criminals have in common with each other? They do whatever it takes to get what
they want.
We know the world
operates like this, and often times the church does too.
Case in point: How
many people look for a church that centers around Jesus, and bringing Salvation
to this lost and dying world?
What we’d rather do
is scrutinize the music, the service, the leadership, and whether there are
eligible opportunities to get what we want.
Once we completely
surrender to the will of God and empty ourselves, we can boot out our inflated
egos, and then there will be ample room for Him
