“God is God and I am not”
It is His job to fix things!
It is my job to follow Him!
Self worth
In and of myself I am nothing. To do Gods will and to be used by Him, I become a precious and powerful tool.
We are chosen by God to be used in this way, but it is still our choice to daily submit to His will.
The Question is, “ Lord what do you have for me to do today.” My purpose is to do the will of the one who is in me. To be a servant to all and be willing in season and out of season to pass on to others what He shares with me. To look at each person, situation or circumstance as an opportunity to be a tool in my masters hand.
My value. my worth, is based on how much I allow Him to use me.
Be a servant - Luke 12:35-59
35 “Be dressed in readiness, and {keep} your lamps alight.
36 “And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open {the door} to him when he comes and knocks.
37 “Blessed are those slaves whom the master shall find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself {to serve,} and have them recline {at the table,} and will come up and wait on them.
38 “Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds {them} so, blessed are those {slaves.}
39 “And be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40 “You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
41 And Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone {else} as well?”
42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
44 “Truly I say to you, that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45 “But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, {both} men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect {him,} and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, shall receive many lashes,
48 but the one who did not know {it,} and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. And from everyone who has been given much shall much be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
49 “I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 “But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51 “Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
52 for from now on five {members} in one household will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 “They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54 And He was also saying to the multitudes, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.
55 “And when {you see} a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out {that way.}
56 “You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?
57 “And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?
58 “For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on {your} way {there} make an effort to settle with him, in order that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison.
59 “I say to you, you shall not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”
My Purpose -
The first and most basic purpose of a man on this earth is to be a servant to his wife and to his children.
Eph. 5:25 Husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
Eph. 6:4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Eph. 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
Eph. 5:21 And be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
John 15:16-17 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit -- fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.
