What is my confidence really in?
I wonder if I place too much stock
in being successful in life and ministry?
Such is the Confidence we have.
We are not Sufficient in ourselves.
Our Sufficiency comes from God.
Who has made us Sufficient to be Ministers.
Not of the Letter
But of the Spirit.
Sufficiency comes out of Surrender.
It doesn't come from Recognition or
Success or Approval or Performance.
It comes Straight from God, born of His Spirit.
2 Cor 3:4-6
"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another."
ReplyDeleteWE ARE BEING TRANSFORMED into the SAME IMAGE...from one degree of glory to another...as He moves us toward Him, often in baby steps, many occasional stumbles, and sometimes leaps of faith, we look more and more like Him. In His Image, we are created. Toward His Image, we move from glory to glory.
As we read His Word, as we listen to His Voice, and IN HIS SUFFICIENCY, not our own, we move toward the full manifestation of His Glory.
Lord, which one of us could stand on our own to do anything in our own power? But, thanks be to Jesus, You made a Way that brings us to You, closer and closer, from glory to increasing glory.
Amazing Love that redeems us, isn't it. Such Grace that allows us to draw near to Him and be transformed! Just feel that kind of Power go through you this day! It comes straight from His Spirit alive and active in You. So thankful for our Good God Who works in us, to will and to do of His good pleasure. Amen?
Is my life a letter of Christ? Does my life recommend Jesus Christ to those in my area of influence?
ReplyDeleteHe transforms me!