I want to share from Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost For His Highest" today:
Jesus said to her, ’Give Me a drink’ (John 4:7). How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to satisfy us. “You shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8). That means lives of pure, uncompromising, and unrestrained devotion to the Lord Jesus, which will be satisfying to Him wherever He may send us.
Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him. The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?
Do you remember the reply that Jesus gave when asked which was the most important commandment? Look at Matthew 22:37:
37 And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). AMP
If you love Him, you want to spend time with Him! If you love Him, you want to listen to Him! If you love Him, you want to do things His way! We can busy ourselves doing so many things that SEEM to be godly, but are actually just busyness! On the eternal side, we will get no rewards for doing "stuff", even if its good "stuff"! We will only get rewards for obedience! Find out what God wants done, then do it His way! THAT is pleasing to Him and is real love! Let's obey Matthew 24:37 and love Him with our whole heart (spirit/soul combination); soul (mind, emotion, will) and mind! See the breakdown? Take the time necessary to change your thinking to agree with God! Then you can speak and act in accordance with His will and be pleasing to Him! Amen! Here is Hillsong with "From The Inside Out":
Shalom in Him!
