It's so hard to say these words "All I have is Yours, God". I am currently quite often reminded of the story about the servants that were given some money by their master to take care of. It was not their property, but that only made things more difficult for them. I mean, they had to feel more responsible. Sometimes we don't deal with our stuff very caring and waste them or keep them safe and do not invest because it feel so good just to have stuff or else. In general, we are just free to do whatever we want. But when we are given something by someone to make use of it, we have kind of responsibility to do that. I remember one pastor told a story how he and his wife left a car to their neighbor because they left the country for one year. He was supposed to use it, but instead he kept it in the garage and... parts of it rusted up. And when these pastors came back they had a lot more problems with it than when they left just because this neighbor didn't use it. I guess, it would even be better if the car would have been crashed in the accident than left to deteriorate.
When it comes to God we don't own a thing in our life, even our own bodies. Everything I have belongs to Him and comes from Him. It is written in James 1:17 that "every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights". When you think carefully (and this, by the way, contradicts the fact that Christians are naive sissies, because we have to THINK to understand things of God), we haven't even given birth to ourselves. For us it was pretty comfy to be in the belly of our mother, and I am sure that it would be called really foolish if we wanted to get out of a place where we don't have to look for food, where it is warm and where we have "roof' over our heads, and we do not need to be worried about the clothes (especially important for women:))) We were kicked out by our mother (and I'm not surprised it is called labour in English - it looks like really hard work when you hear the stories) or taken out by a "good" fellow - obstetrician or surgeon (I don't know who does all the surgeries in this field yet:)). And we screamed at him or her. It might be that it could be something like this, "What did you, jerk?!! Get me back right NOW!!!" (sorry for bad language) We could have stayed dust-like, but God decided to create a man... He owns the authorship of our outward and inward stuff, our psyche complexity and other things that makes me who I am. It's simply overwhelming!!! He gave me my abilities, allowed me achieve things I have, finish my studies, have friends who are so right for me, get my job, and the list can go on. But we don't think about it like that. We think WE own these things. We think WE have achieved what we have achieved. We think WE are COOL because WE are so SMART. Oh, please, give me a break!!! It's just terrible how people DO NOT THINK. Well, they might think, but up till some level which is controlable.
We were give life - this is the money we have to invest to see our Master happy. We cannot dig it under ground, and think that we will be able to store it up till the day when all the worries and shades of the world will pass, and we will be able to dig it out and show, "Here, take what's yours". It's not gonna work. We will rust up like that car in the garage. It's better to be crushed down, spitted at, laughed at, but to live a life according to what you've been given, making use of it even if not always successful. If you invest your life in the way God has ordained you will definitely have His welcome to His presence.
When it comes to God we don't own a thing in our life, even our own bodies. Everything I have belongs to Him and comes from Him. It is written in James 1:17 that "every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights". When you think carefully (and this, by the way, contradicts the fact that Christians are naive sissies, because we have to THINK to understand things of God), we haven't even given birth to ourselves. For us it was pretty comfy to be in the belly of our mother, and I am sure that it would be called really foolish if we wanted to get out of a place where we don't have to look for food, where it is warm and where we have "roof' over our heads, and we do not need to be worried about the clothes (especially important for women:))) We were kicked out by our mother (and I'm not surprised it is called labour in English - it looks like really hard work when you hear the stories) or taken out by a "good" fellow - obstetrician or surgeon (I don't know who does all the surgeries in this field yet:)). And we screamed at him or her. It might be that it could be something like this, "What did you, jerk?!! Get me back right NOW!!!" (sorry for bad language) We could have stayed dust-like, but God decided to create a man... He owns the authorship of our outward and inward stuff, our psyche complexity and other things that makes me who I am. It's simply overwhelming!!! He gave me my abilities, allowed me achieve things I have, finish my studies, have friends who are so right for me, get my job, and the list can go on. But we don't think about it like that. We think WE own these things. We think WE have achieved what we have achieved. We think WE are COOL because WE are so SMART. Oh, please, give me a break!!! It's just terrible how people DO NOT THINK. Well, they might think, but up till some level which is controlable.
We were give life - this is the money we have to invest to see our Master happy. We cannot dig it under ground, and think that we will be able to store it up till the day when all the worries and shades of the world will pass, and we will be able to dig it out and show, "Here, take what's yours". It's not gonna work. We will rust up like that car in the garage. It's better to be crushed down, spitted at, laughed at, but to live a life according to what you've been given, making use of it even if not always successful. If you invest your life in the way God has ordained you will definitely have His welcome to His presence.
"Lord, all I have is Yours. Sometimes, I get confused and lost about how to use what You have given to me, so I pray that You would help me to see it in the best way which will glorify You, the giver of life, light and peace. In Jesus name. Amen"
No comments:
Post a Comment