A heart to serve God

So this week, God has been working with me on "serving". Not in the traditional sense of humbling the self before another and serving them through actions, nor in ministry, neither at work or at home...because there's a fine line between serving to please people vs serving to please God...He's helping me practice discernment in that area. (Colossians 3:23).

As I continue to learn about the temperament God gave me, I realize my weaknesses tend to place me in that category. Being a person in love with harmonious peaceful living, the temptation for the path of least-resistance and people pleasing is uhm quite great. The intention may be noble, but everything I do should be to honor God. I'd like to claim that I've got this down packed...but I'm still a work in progress, Amen.

I thank God for continuing to show me my strengths and weaknesses. Especially my weaknesses because that's when I need God even more, I need His Grace that much more (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). And in the midst of my weaknesses and trials, I've seen Him holding me up. As I cry and scream and reach for Him, God has been faithful to hold me, sending messengers of peace, encouragement, and hope. Scriptures popping into my heard, music with just the right words...God is amazing.

"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

I believe that as God continues to reveal himself to me, I will find more weaknesses. This makes me glad because, I realize even how much more I desperately need Him and desire to give Him my all. Though a little scared, but it is crucial for my growth into the woman He created me to be and the assignment He has for my life. I pray to one day get to that level of faith when I'm living and resting in the fact that His Love and Grace is sufficient for me daily.

Heavenly Father I Thank You for today, I Thank You for Your Love, I Thank You for Your faithfulness to all the promises You've made over me, and I Thank You for my beautiful temperament. May I continue to grow in grace and dependence on You. May I continue to discern Your Will at all times, seeking opportunities to serve Only You. Be glorified in my talents and shine through where I'm weak. To You belong all the Praise and Glory. In Jesus' name. Amen