So
whether you eat or drink or whatever
you
do, do it all for the glory of God.
I Corinthians 10:31 NIV
Speaking of the shallow and the profound,
Oswald Chambers wrote: “Determinedly take no one seriously but God, and the
first person you find you have to leave severely alone as being the greatest
fraud you have ever known, is yourself.”
Fraud! Cheater! Imposter! These words
speak to the motive of my heart. I used to think this verse related only to my actions,
but was recently made aware that this verse penetrates to the marrow of my
spiritual bones—not only what I do but what I think.
What do I think when my plans for the day are interrupted by someone else’s
need? What do I think when I have
made plans for money saved then someone presents a need I feel I must meet?
What do I think when the mundane of
daily life interferes with my plans for doing big things for God?
The record of the life of Christ on earth is
the ultimate example of grace in the midst of the ordinary everyday common events
of life. Christ was born into the ordinary, chose the ordinary to be His
disciples and ministered most often to the common ordinary people met along His
way—yet He is God!
Therefore, it is in the ordinary—not the
great things I desire to do for God— where He reveals the motives of my heart. If
I learn to live with Christ-like motives in the little things, then when and if
God allows me to step out into the deep with Him, I will be able to look in my
mirror without the fear of seeing an imposter.
The motive of my heart should always be—Lord,
it is all about you and not about me. Today I pray that God will shake His
children like a dust-filled blanket reminding each of us to check our motives
as we go about doing the ordinary to the glory of God.
©JPowell
2013
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