Yep, the post-Christmas excitement has passed. a while ago, actually. So we're socked in with rain, dark skies and i'm afraid our moods aren't always much different. It's still a few weeks until Valentine's day -another excuse to celebrate. (Don't you love those? then again, i celebrate Wednesdays sometimes, for no other reason than it's good to be alive!)
But we can get a little morose at this time of year. Activities have started up again and with the short days, it can feel like all we do is bumble in the dark.
But i found out something- re-learned it perhaps- and i hope it shoots adrenaline into your heart as it did into mine.
Your service to God matters!
What you are doing makes a difference!
The little acts of kindness, those small acts of love -taking a friend some soup when he/she's sick. THey are noticed by God- and better yet? He transforms our little acts into remarkable things- waaaay beyond what we'd ever dream he does!!
Let me explain..
in John 15:5-8 "I am the vine; you are the branches. if a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit (did u hear that?); apart from me you can do nothing. v7. if you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you. This is to my Father's glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples"
So when you act like a branch, God's power flows through you - our small acts of service get "turbo-boosted" by God!! So when you think your showing up to help or to serve in some way is just a pittance, hardly worth the bother- THINK AGAIN!!
I love this verse in Colossians 3:17 "and whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
Did u see that? we give thanks as we serve! why? Because we know that God is at work and will empower it - we give thanks before we see it happen. that's trusting God will show up!
I don't know about you, but i'm not the most efficient, organized, or 'together' person much of the time these days. And i'm starting to think that it doesn't matter!! what a relief!
Just show up. Do the thing that needs doing. It's God's job to make it fruitful. Oh yeah, of course, you and i will do our best...why not? but the pressure is not on us to make it fantastic.
And i rather like that.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
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