Not unto man

I realize its nearing the end of the month, but with us moving at the beginning and we were just now able to get internet at the house, I fell slightly behind schedule on things.;)

                                    The word of the month I felt pressing upon me for March was diligence,

                                                             inspired by Colossians 3:23

 

Moving into a home from a whole different state that is a fixer upper provided many oppurtunities to be practice diligence. Cleaning, painting and unpacking that this month had and continue to have in store I was tempted many times to not put my best effort into it. It is easy to slack off  on something you just want done, so you can move on. So often we know we probably do a little better job on things, but they really don't matter to us or anyone and no one may every notice that we slacked off. That temptation arises often in my life, because why put in a little extra time in effort in something that isn't going to make a difference, and no one cares about. Let me direct you to another verse; Matt.5:16, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

None of what I do should be about me or you, it all needs to go back to Him. When we work diligently for Jesus and by the way working for our Lord doesn't happen only in certain ministries, it could be cleaning your room and while others 'may' not notice when you slack off, people often notice when you work with diligence putting in 110%. When we are become Christians we are no longer apart of this world, but apart of Gods heavenly kingdom. As long as He leaves me/us here on earth we can and must strive to represent our Lord and Savior in a way that offers up praise and glory in who He is, what He has and continues to do in our lives on accordance with His word. I am seeing more and more in different little areas of daily living that its so not about me and in every aspect of the way we live is to offer our Lord Jesus Praise.

 

 

                                     

humility for february

 

       Part of my new years resolution was for each month I would choose a characteristic or something I want to work on and this month the month of February the word that God has been pressing on me was humility. This past week the verse in Psalms 149:4 has been running ramped through my brain. 

 

                         "For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;He will beautify the humble with Salvation."

 

Humility is defined in Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary as a freedom from pride and arrogance; humbleness of mind; a deep sense of unworthiness in the sight of God; act of submission;

 

That's my goal for this month, to practice and strive to be putting away any prideful thoughts that may arise and take the idea to build and praise others more then self to a higher level and always be pointing and praising my Lord and Savior. The 2nd biggest aspect of humility for me would be to gain a deeper sense of my unworthiness in the sight of God and be humbled by the fact that He came to save me, that He invites me into His presence as a daughter of the King. I as His daughter can come to His feet to praise, pray, thank, confess, asking to be forgiven for my sins and continue to strive to be a reflection of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bringing Him honor and glory in all I do.