Today’s Devotional Written By My Spiritual Daughter Whose Spirit Is Ever Expanding In Knowledge and Sensitivity: Tracy Koweh
Not About You………..
Philippians 2:3-5 (New Living Translation)
3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Recently I find myself in a place asking God, “When will this end?”. See every time I seem to get “back on track” in one area of my life, another area seems to go crazy. As soon as I started to get caught up in my finances, I got a $1100 hole in my roof the size of a golf ball. As soon as I started to get my leave built back up at work, Jai came down with an ear infection and virus that took me out of work for a whole week. The moment I was placed in position for my promotion, the criteria for that promotion was changed and automatically caused a delay in the process.
I found myself frustrated and confused. Why God do you continue to allow these things to fall upon me. I tithe, I give, I pray, I this and I that, and as clear as day He said to me………..Sweetheart It’s Not About You. I thought for a second that I had water in my ear, but He said it again. He said He had to keep me in a place where I wouldn’t be able to do it without Him, without Faith. He also said that He blesses us, to be a blessing to others. Jesus wasn’t born to get the glory and praise He gets, He was born so that He could die for the sins of others. He now walks in the benefits and rewards of His obedience. Everything Jesus had, He used to fulfill His destiny and purpose.
So many times in our lives, we miss God, because we get stuck on ourselves. Our problems, our wants, our needs, our failures, and we don’t take the time to look at all we do have or those around us in true need. A lot of times we think we know what’s best, or that there is something much better on the other side. But I’ve come to learn that if it’s not on the side of Jesus, it’s not worth it in the long run.
Today as we move, live and breathe, let us be reminded that we are not here for the perks of Christianity, but for the praise and purpose of God. Let us remember to put God before everything we do, touch or commit to. Through our obedience and faith, the blessings will come. So let’s begin to get over ourselves and begin to turn it all over to God.
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