I do not look to my feelings or emotions for affirmation.
I’m going forward in faith that God is alive, Jesus Christ is in this place, and to serve Him faithfully is the best thing ever! Let’s do it!
I am not my own master or judge.
Whether I approve of today’s sermon or this week’s study is beside the point. A servant stands or falls only to his own master (Romans 14:4).
I will not wait until my offering (my prayer, my song, my sermon, my gift) is perfect before presenting it to the Father.
I will give Him my best, imperfect though it may be.
I will not become a slave to numbers or success as the world judges.
Jesus said we should not rejoice that the spirits are subject to us, but that our names are recorded in heaven (Luke 10:20).
I will not be my own press agent, my own public relations department, the keeper of my career, or the recorder of my statistics.
What if the football player stopped after every play and totaled up the yards he had gained, then pulled from his back pocket a book where he added them in. No. Instead, he gives very little thought to the number of yards gained or lost on one play because he knows “someone up above” is watching the game and recording it, and when the final whistle has sounded, the full report will be in. His job is to play the game as well as he knows how.
So, let’s get on with it.
Let’s go forward by faith.
Faith that my little bit is precious in His sight.
Faith that He can do miracles with small things.
Faith that He called us and sent us and is accompanying us, so we are not limited by our own abilities and our own resources.
Faith that what looks like nothing to the world may be massive in His eyes.
Faith that the faithful “will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous” (Luke 14:14)!
