My Life is Not my Own
If God does not shove you, you may not start walking.
Stagnancy is the worst detriment to delaying one’s purpose in life. Have you
ever considered that we are not born just to be self sufficient, self
absorbed or selfish? Our lives on earth are more for others than it is for
us.
When Jesus walked the earth, His life was to typify the life we should be
living. Yes sure He had all His needs met because not once do I remember
reading that Jesus prayed for a donkey to ride or clothes to wear or food
for Himself. It always led Him to be praying for others and for God to
heal someone else or meet with someone else’s need.
I know what you thinking. Why should I be so concerned about others when
others don’t concern themselves with me. A full life is a life of
servitude. No amount of money will buy a genuine smile on someone’s face or
feel the warmth of giving a comforting hug.
No greater joy is derived than from knowing that you were about your
Father’s business. Treasures are never measured by the hoarding of material
goods but by leaving a legacy of good deposits into lives that moth and rust
would not be able to destroy. We will never see the full extent of making
Godly deposits into lives but one day when we stand before the Lord, He will
disclose the harvest to us.
Things take a higher value in this world at present than life itself. We
need to be a preserving generation carrying out a preserving anointing to
preserve life and people for God’s kingdom rather than preserving things.
Human life is so precious to God that His Son came to die on Calvary so that
we may live. Down the line people may never remember what you bought them
but rather how you made them feel. Memory banks are not safety deposit boxes
but rather albums of events.
We have one life lets live it for God’s glory by helping the wounded, broken
hearted, lost and lonely. My life is not my own, I am just passing through.
O Lord, let me be a shoulder to the burdened and a lamp to the lost.
by Hazel Moodley