I feel like this summer has been a quick little bathroom break as far as working for the Kingdom of God, and I'm refueled and ready to go back to doing God's work.
"I appeal to you brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment." 1Cor 1:10
This is seriously my prayer for the leadership team this year. We need to collectively pray for like-mindedness as well as unity, that our common goal is to glorify Christ.
If someone asked me to pick a few words to describe myself, wise would never end up under such category. But God already knew this when he created me, because he says in v26 that not all of us were born to be wise and powerful. I don't consider myself anywhere near book-smart, so I admire those who are. I don't hold much power over anything except over my siblings when I order them around. I am certainly not of noble birth nor is my family wealthy under any circumstances. I remember there was a short period of time when my mom couldn't pay the gas bill, so we had to take cold showers with a bucket of hot water that we boiled ourselves. That wasn't very fun... But God uses our moments of weakness and vulnerability to show His mighty strength and power. He puts the wise to shame and brings the strong to their knees. He uses the meek and molds them, transforms them in the likeness of Him so that when we boast, we boast only in the Lord. These verses make total sense when you put it into your own life perspective. Those times when I thought I was on top of the world, that nothing could stop my roll, God brought me back down to my knees and taught me humility. He took my arrogance and put it to shame but always showed me what a servant's heart looked like. We would be stupid to think that all of our accomplishments and achievements were the results of our sole efforts.
"26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. " 1Cor 1:26-29
If someone asked me to pick a few words to describe myself, wise would never end up under such category. But God already knew this when he created me, because he says in v26 that not all of us were born to be wise and powerful. I don't consider myself anywhere near book-smart, so I admire those who are. I don't hold much power over anything except over my siblings when I order them around. I am certainly not of noble birth nor is my family wealthy under any circumstances. I remember there was a short period of time when my mom couldn't pay the gas bill, so we had to take cold showers with a bucket of hot water that we boiled ourselves. That wasn't very fun... But God uses our moments of weakness and vulnerability to show His mighty strength and power. He puts the wise to shame and brings the strong to their knees. He uses the meek and molds them, transforms them in the likeness of Him so that when we boast, we boast only in the Lord. These verses make total sense when you put it into your own life perspective. Those times when I thought I was on top of the world, that nothing could stop my roll, God brought me back down to my knees and taught me humility. He took my arrogance and put it to shame but always showed me what a servant's heart looked like. We would be stupid to think that all of our accomplishments and achievements were the results of our sole efforts.
