chosenbyGod – Chosen To Serve

Somewhere, yet….. Nowhere

On A Foreign Mission Field

Many days I don’t even know how I feel—I mean when you are just kinda “lost” but not lost-
Just that you don’t belong anywhere- like nothing is real, or like you are just in a dream or more like when you are reading a book you get lost in the other world and when you stop reading you realize you are somewhere else- nothing or no one seems to matter— or like everyone is just playing a role- pretending
or actually only being whatever they need to be- not really connected to you- just people in a story- you long for the “used to be’ to reconnect yourself to what you thought life was- when you try to make what “is” what “was” in hopes of gaining back who you were but you find that doesn’t work either——- what you thought was—really wasn’t—I mean I guess in certain ways it is still but not really—life goes on, things change- -people’s focus and priorities change and you don’t fit where you once did—— or, well, actually you’ve changed— and the place you are, is in between there and here
The “was”………….. “isn’t”
You just do….
and the “is” .. doesn’t exist-
Seeking and longing for a connection, some glimmer of like-mindedness-
Only to find yourself “Somewhere” and yet…. Nowhere—-

I come back today and adding to my previous thoughts….
A scripture was brought to my mind as I was traveling down the road looking at the roadside and something just hit me like, wow. Maybe that’s it, maybe that is a little bit of what Christ means when He says,
“those who lose yourself for my sake shall find it.”
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me.
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Maybe this is what God is wanting me to realize. I don’t feel I belong because where I am trying to fit doesn’t exist anymore. That part of me that I thought was me is fading. In whatever ways I want to regain it only brings emptiness– it is an inward struggle to let go of the being of what was…… and just be what is ————–

God is God, and That is That!

Know that God has every right to do……..

Whatever He wants, Whenever He wants, with Whomever He wants

I hope you can take the time to watch through the video lesson. It is a little lengthy but, pray you will be able to take something from it.

Thank you all….

God Bless

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Our Motive for Service

We need to ask ourselves if our service to God is selfish or selfless. So many of us need to have some sort of self pleasing attribute to our serving or giving. If we don’t “feel” anything then we don’t do anything. We even choose our church by what they have to offer us. Not by what we might can offer them. Use what God has given you to serve and be obedient to Him and you will not have time to think about what you “feel”.

Remember, it isn’t about YOU; it is about serving others through your obedience to Him. We exist to bring glory to God .

Just saying…..

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The Lamb is Worthy to receive His just reward

We need to get over ourselves…………

…..Lisa

Will we not be Afraid?

Every day we have a decision to make on which direction we will go. We can choose to remain in our safe abode of the known letting the fear of the unknown stagnate us or we can choose to rest in the promise of God. When you compare anything which may cause us to doubt or fear to the greatness of God and His power, we would have to feel a little childish in our faith don’t you think?

As born again believers of Christ, God has promised us life to the fullest. We only need to decide to get up and take hold of it.

Fear is a normal human behavior, however it is not given to us by God. As 2 Timothy 1:7 states “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind”

I believe God has created within each one of us a purpose to claim for their own. We must succumb to follow His guidance and be obedient to His call. I am in awe of the enormous things that God can accomplish through even one small act of one’s obedience.

Fear has held many people back from fulfilling their purpose and retrieving their blessings. Don’t let fear hold you back – trust in God!

Jesus admonishes against fear in these verses:

Matthew 10:26-31 
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

If we keep our focus on Christ and the things that are unseen, we should be more able to Take our Stand for Christ and Follow Him in obedience.

Thank you all for taking time to read and listen to the study. May we all grow closer in our walk with Christ. Striving daily to become the person who reflects the God who calls us to himself.

Lisa……..

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Beautiful Sunrise in the Mayan Mountains

We Are Chosen to Serve Him

Good Day to all!

I hope all is well as we draw closer to this upcoming celebration of Christmas Day. It is a been a crazy world these past months, but rest in the knowledge that we can have blessed assurance that everything is in control of God and He will bring all things to completion in His timing. May we all truly Glorify God from hearts of understanding that He who came to earth as a baby is the same He who reigns on High today!

I am posting the second bible study. Please remember that it is intended for the purpose of drawing us a little closer to God in our daily walk. In a very informal and technically amature way.

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Once again, Thank you and Keep Serving