“We are the women who make our lives about the cause of Christ, not the applause of men, live to express the Gospel, not to impress the Jones’, live not to make our absence felt, but to make Christ’s presence known. We are the women who know it’s not about us and all about Glory.” ~Ann Voskamp (The Song For All The Women)~
God is very much present and active in our relationship with Him. I’m in complete awe at His mighty works. I had a brush with the fear of death tonight. For a long minute, this fear came over me that God was going to take my life because maybe He no longer has a purpose for me being here any longer. Honestly my first thought was a selfish one – will “I” be missed? I couldn’t quite understand why this fear suddenly came over me, but after some prayer, I opened my book (Love Idol by Jennifer Dukes Lee) and God answered through the quote above written by Ann Voskamp. When I read the words “live not to make our absence felt, but to make Christ’s presence known. We are the women who know it’s not about us and all about Glory.”, it all made sense. God revealed His truth to me in a real way that I could understand. We are to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God. Romans 12:1 says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God…” 1Cor6:19-20 says, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
Once again, God is teaching me that it’s not about me, my very life is not about me but about Glory – His Glory ❤
Matthew 10:39 says, “He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”
When I read that quote earlier my first thought was in the form of a dream – a dream to be the woman this quote speaks of. To die to me, myself, and I and live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.
My prayer tonight:
Dear God, thank You dearly for this revelation and for teaching me that truly Jesus You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Please forgive me for my selfish response to the fear of death and thank you for showing me that I need not to hold on to my own life but instead to turn it over to you and hold on to You for life. Lord I offer myself to you as a living sacrifice and I ask that You would grant the desire of my heart to walk in Your freedom. Lord thank You that Your perfect love casts out fear. Father for every day, hour, minute, second that you bless me with life I pray that You would be glorified. I pray that fully knowing that I am not perfect but that even when I stumble or fall, in my failures and mistakes that even in that Lord You will be glorified. Help me to live every second free from fear and regret and enjoy the abundant life that You have intended for me. I pray that You will bless me with a teachable spirit so that I can continue to learn and grow in You. I love You Jesus & I thank You for fulfilling Your Word & Your promises. In the precious name of Jesus I pray. Amen ❤
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