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.
©Joyce
Powell
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