2 Timothy 4:6
This just hit me when I was reading through the second half of second Timothy earlier tonight. Paul was poured out like a drink offering...that is, he wore himself out for the Lord and His minsitry. Now the question God is posing to me:
Are you being poured out? In my experiences, those are the most fulfilling times, when the Lord allows us to wear ourselves out for Him physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, academically...all of the above!
Seth, our youth minister, tole us once that we need to have wise Christians pouring into our lives, and we need to also be pouring into the lives of others. This is why we are called vessels for Christ...we are not merely pots to hold this Living Water that is to become stagnant. Instead, it is to flow into and out of us. This is hard for me to explain...but just think about a channel...a pipe...a river with a source and a destination.
Am I being poured out for Him?
Am I fighting, finishing, keeping? see 2 Timothy 4:7
Do I long for His appearing? see 2 Timothy 4:8
(Heck YES I do! I long to be with My Maker, My Daddy, My first love!)
Granted, I am no Paul, but I do want to be poured out.
Take all of me, Jesus.
All of my heart. All of my soul.
You have bought it with a price,
I am yours
FOREVER.
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I still just cannot believe how the Lord has blessed my life in the past week. It's so awesome what He does when we seek His face. Now, the challenge is to seek His face amidst the blessing...to recognize that it is from Him, and only with Him is it even possible. I am so thankful for that!!! I cannot even think about all of this* without thanking the Lord and without standing in awe of what He has done, because basically God has just put the most amazing guy in my life, and I am so undeserving. I am forced to keep things fairly vague here, as not to wear my heart completely on my sleeve...but I pretty much know I am the luckiest girl on the planet...not only has God answered so many prayers in this...and not only is this centered around Christ (in ways that I couldn't have imagined), but God has blessed in other areas too...beyond my perception! Can't describe much more...
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I am thanking the Lord for being the protector of my heart and for healing me, preserving my heart, and for giving beyond measure! Jesus--you are BEAUTIFUL and I thank you for giving us things to enjoy in this life, even though we don't deserve them at all.
God is so good
God is so good
God is so good
He's so good to me...
--deeply enthralled--
al
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