God's grace in action in your life

So in my daily reading today, the same message came up in two different books.

Oswald Chambers  "My Utmost for His Highest"

Jan 6th

Worship is giving God the best that He has given you.  Be careful what you do with the best you have.  Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift.......God will never let you hold a spiritual thing  for yourself, it has to be given back to Him that He may make it a blessing to others.  The questions I had about this part of it was  "I can not hold what God has given me but I have to listen, wait and act (as one movement-stated in more of this daily devotion), And give it back to Him where He wants it.   For me I can understand that part in finances, He gives to me, I give to others and so goes the cycle.  But when it comes to certain things, I am not sure how I can do this????  When it comes to spiritual gifts, and ways of worship, how do I give back?  When it comes to dance, how can I give to others?  

Then as I went to work I continued my reading of Judy Jacobs "Stand Strong" in chapter  2 she is talking about perilous times and here is a quote "Jesus has helped and is helping you get out of your mess so you can reach out and help somebody else.  You are able to stand strong now, and its time to lend some of your strength (which is His strength) to somebody else  The Bible plainly tells us why we go through some things we don't understand:"so when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation! For when God comforts us, it is so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you" (2 Cor 1:6, NLT)

It was such an amazing blessing to go from one book to another and God answered my questions.  He showed me how/where/who to help with what He has given me.  Do I desire to be going through a divorce?  No, but can I be a blessing to my friend at work going through the same thing without Christ.  Do I REALLY want to be so weak all the time? In my weakness HE is (constantly) made strong. 

Thank you Lord for YOUR constant voice in my life!  

Starting to lay out my thoughts

Since I have started listening to some awesome teachings, and started reading some great authors, my mind spins constantly, and I have a ton of little things that get me wondering.  

Am I following Jesus with all my BEING?

Am I living as He called me to live?

Am I emptying myself enough for HIM to be seen?

In my weakness (daily) is HE made strong?

Since I can't say, I am putting it all down on paper.  Opening a portal into me.  Will I be completely off sometimes?  Of course, that is why I pray you always be truthful, and even share with me what God is saying to you.  I have learned many times this year that the bride of Christ can look so many ways, because we are all His bride.  Not one church, or ministry, or denomination.  

Many ministries focus on one thing, and work hard for their part in the body, some are more like birther's, and you see many ministries come from them.  But reguardless of how we work, we are all one body.  And since that be the case, I can glean from everyone and grow closer to my Jesus, by seeing things in a way I had never seen before.  By hearing truths, said different ways.

Healing can be done in a store or parking lot. We don't have to be seen or recognized, or even remembered, for God to get the glory.  Many times I have prayed for people as they go through my line, and talk about how life has torn them to shreds.  I will probably never know on this side of eternity how life went for them, but in hearing other peoples stories, "a teenager prayed for me every time I went to get my groceries, and the tumor was just gone".  The man who gave this testimony does not even know who prayed for him, but God doesn't care who prays, just that it gets done, and another lost soul comes to the cross for complete total salvation, freedom, and relationship with Christ.

Many times this year I have wondered why so many people quote Oswald Chambers, but even as I begin to read, I know I will learn much from this devotional.  My life is not lived for myself but to be presented to Christ with everything I have within me.  And yet not just everything, but the VERY best.  

So here I go, do I give my best?  In anything?  In some things?  To God?  Everyday?  Every moment?  I want to be remembered as sold out for Christ, a fanatic in a time where every one "knows" Jesus.  Different, Crazy, Over the Top extravagent in my love for Jehovah.  The Lord of everything in my life.