I have been reading some of the entries in my old journals and something I heard during a seminar last year stood out to me:
"Once you start your faith journey, you just don't know where you will end up..."
At the time, I must admit that I found this a little discouraging... Once I got past the optimism in this encouraging word, I kept thinking: "All this planting, and I can't even get a sneak peek of what the crop might look like." I was missing the point of this comment: which was the act of planting. To rephrase the sentence:
"Once you decide to start planting seeds in your life, you have NO idea of how God is going to bless the crop in your life".
It's certainly been true for me... I starting planting seeds of service in my life almost as soon as I rededicated my life back to Christ. I needed to start somewhere, so I started right where I was... I felt very strongly that I needed to adopt a "Just show up attitude" and let God use me the way He wanted. I kept showing up, to the point where one of my friends called me a "volunteer hog"- haha. Through planting, and serving, I learned much more about myself then I thought possible. I have met wonderful people, and seen God use each of these experiences to bless others and myself.
I was sharing with some teens I volunteer with why I thought serving was so important in my life; and my main point revolved around Jesus modeling serving over and over throughout His ministry. Every time I question my motives, or feel used, I remember this passage.
"Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:27-28
Very humbling...isn't it?
EED
"Once you start your faith journey, you just don't know where you will end up..."
At the time, I must admit that I found this a little discouraging... Once I got past the optimism in this encouraging word, I kept thinking: "All this planting, and I can't even get a sneak peek of what the crop might look like." I was missing the point of this comment: which was the act of planting. To rephrase the sentence:
"Once you decide to start planting seeds in your life, you have NO idea of how God is going to bless the crop in your life".
It's certainly been true for me... I starting planting seeds of service in my life almost as soon as I rededicated my life back to Christ. I needed to start somewhere, so I started right where I was... I felt very strongly that I needed to adopt a "Just show up attitude" and let God use me the way He wanted. I kept showing up, to the point where one of my friends called me a "volunteer hog"- haha. Through planting, and serving, I learned much more about myself then I thought possible. I have met wonderful people, and seen God use each of these experiences to bless others and myself.
I was sharing with some teens I volunteer with why I thought serving was so important in my life; and my main point revolved around Jesus modeling serving over and over throughout His ministry. Every time I question my motives, or feel used, I remember this passage.
"Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:27-28
Very humbling...isn't it?
EED
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