without the good grace of Jesus Christ and Yahweh!
Simply put, I needed to go pick up my sister from somewhere and I was growing impatient for really no reason at all. Now, this bothered me for two reasons. For the one I just listed- that I didn’t care to wait for her and her friend, and two, because I know things like that shouldn’t bother me.
Right then and there, sitting in the car, in the 100 degree Texas heat, the Holy Spirit reminded me that without Christ I am nothing. I’m not useless, it’s just that I often forget that Jesus Christ is my sustainer. Or, that he should be. Instead, I make myself the sustainer, hoping to do EVERYTHING by myself. It’s simply impossible.
While this might seem like a small act, it was what I needed to be reminded of God’s great love for me.
Lord, I lay down my idles. Reconstruct my life and what I do with my time to honor you in EVERYTHING. Enable me to lay down my life for you, as you have done for me. I am unworthy, but very very thankful.
It is for you I live for, and for no one and nothing else if not to bring glory to your name, to love you in ever increasing degrees, and to love others so they might know you as I do.
