Our God is a great big God and He holds us in His hands. Does that sound familiar? It should, it is a song the children sing at Camp Cornerstone. I have sang it with them the last several years. What is funny is that I recently stopped to think about what it is saying. Think about our God. How great and mighty is He. He spoke creation into existence and sent His Son to reconcile His relationship with us while we were yet sinners. I look at how sinful I am and how I do not desire to do good. I see that I constantly struggle with my selfish ambition and vanity. What is so crazy and scary is that I can't even begin to see the depth of my sin. I continually struggle with the idea of my will be done, not my Heavenly Fathers. With that in mind there comes the call to missions.
God through Christ is taking this depraved sinful individual and making me into a vessel of the Gospel. What is wild is that that means humility and brokenness. Both of which hurt when you are prideful. I look at the fact that we are raising money to go to England and I see more and more that God's providence is beautiful. He is the Great I AM. As a faint hearted sojourner, I would rather lay in bed than face the idea of raising money. Actually I would rather face an on coming car. I am not gifted in fund raising. I know that money raised is not for me or done by me. The money is for the Kingdom and is done by God. Ginger and I have also found that it is more rewarding to simplify your life. You are able to give of your time, money, and gifts so much easier if you are not caught up in the rat race of materialism. God is showing us that we are rich beyond measure and loved more than we can imagine. He is also teaching us that peace in Christ and contentment in Him is more splendid than Gold.
Desiring Him,
Trace
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Providence
Posted by trace at 5:27 PM
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Very well put. Providence is something we take for granted. It takes a hard time to actually see His hand at work.
If we all took a few minutes a day just to open our eyes and see EVERYTHING He does for us!
It's the beginning of every prayer of mine, "thank you for all you have done for us" but how often do I really appreciate it?
Just look at your family, your health. Did you go hungry last night, did your roof leak, if you lost everything today would you have loved ones to take care of you? Where does all that come from? I promise, it ain't you!
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