All for Him

    I used to love to go to the movies, it was a place where you could go for a couple of hours and just get away from reality.  I used to be absolutely consumed with football, especially the Oklahoma Sooners.  It was so bad that my whole life revolved around what was going on with the team, how are we going to beat the team we are playing this week, where am I going to watch the game, or am I going to get to go to the game and be apart of the excitement. 

  I have come to find out that being a follower of Jesus gives me all of those things and more.  I have found that consuming myself with God instead of the things of this world, that I can get more excitement, more joy, more fulfillment than any football game or movie could ever give me.

I feel as if I have been sitting on the sidelines of life just watching it go by.  I feel as though I have been watching life happen instead of living it.  I have found that following Jesus is more than just believing in Him, it is a calling to be something more and to do something greater than you can imagine if we are willing to hear that calling.

  I think of the apostles when Jesus gave them their mission in life in Acts 1:8 just before ascending into heaven. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.  And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere-in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria and to the ends of the earth".

  I believe that instead of consuming my life with things that don't matter I will consume myself with the things that do.  The apostles knew that the things of this world did not matter, but what did matter was Jesus, and they lived their lives for Him and surrendered their lives to the calling of Jesus Christ.  I wonder what kind of impact the church today would have if instead of just believing in Jesus, that we heard the call of Jesus and we consumed our lives with Him and began to show His love and His compassion and His purpose.

  I believe that by pouring all my energy into the one that truly is life, that all these other things that seem to consume my time and energy will fall to the way side.  I will begin to serve others instead of trying to serve myself.  Instead of trying to surrender to all my wants I will surrender myself to the King of Kings.  It will be "all for Him" instead of "all for me".

  I will end on a quote from Helen Roseveare "Are you willing for your life to be used as a platform for God to display His glory?"

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[Kim]

All for Him!!!