I
will very happily spend everything and spend even my very life for your souls….
(2 Corinthians 12:15)
Oswald
Chambers observed that, “Jesus Christ helped Himself to his (Paul’s) life.”
That is the perfect description of humility. Paul knew his appropriate place in
the world. His attitude was that he was exactly (not merely) an instrument in
the hand of his Lord. What is your role? Is it not the same? If so, is it your
responsibility to spend all of yourself – even give your life, desires, and
reputation for others whom God selects as recipients of that love?
Understanding,
accepting, and embracing the right relationship of complete surrender to the
all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present and loving Lord is vital to your
relationship with Him. This is the attitude Jesus modeled as He said, “I came
down from heaven, not that I may do my will, but he will of Him who sent me.
(John 6:38)”
Choose
to spend – and be spent – wisely!
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