My pastor (Brian Allard) often speaks of magnifying Jesus. Pastor cannot stress enough that magnifying Jesus means to make Him bigger in your own life.
It's very easy to get caught up in the motions of serving God and end up spiritually destitute. One example in the Bible includes Martha, sister to Lazarus and Mary. Martha had the desire to serve Jesus and even went so far as to ridicule her own sister by comparing and contrasting how they served Him. Martha was so close to Jesus, but He was not magnified in her life because she was burdened down with serving Him blindly.
I don't want to serve God this way. I know there is more to living for God than what I'm doing right now, and I am trying to evaluate myself to make sure He is bigger in my life. I'm not trying to become so involved in serving Him that I forget who I'm serving and why. Martha was looking at her preparations, and began to focus on everything around her. Unfortunately, her eyesight waned and she lost focus of Jesus.
I definitely have some things to work on, and know that it is time to quit being complacent. Only we know how the Lord can increase in our lives. It is up to us to assess and reassess our Christian walk as often as possible to maintain our focus and make sure that Jesus never decreases.
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Hey, this is good! Amen!
You know, I've noticed a big difference in my walk with Jesus, simply by slowing my life down...I really didn't intend to do it, but after moving to Canada and working only a little bit each week, and being a stay-at-home-wife due to immigration/work visa stuff, I've really gotten more time to focus on my life and my spiritual walk. When we're all working like crazy, trying to keep our familial and friendship relationships going, be at church, go to school and get an education...it's insane. We can keep Jesus #1, but I've realized there are times in life when it's great to slow everything down and take a "breather" if you will. Of course this can't work for our entire lives, but taking advantage of those seasons is an awesome opportunity.
Thanks for the preaching, sista! =D
Beautifully said.
Janell,
I have also realized that it is very nice to slow things down and concentrate on the things that matter.
Sis. Hopper,
Thank you!
Amen and amen.
Great post Chandra. It seems to me that the more I live for God the more I learn that life is about concentrating on the moment at hand and ensuring that JESUS is the means by which I interpret and then respond to those moments.
a.p.
As a seemingly "forever" student, employee, sister, music director, teacher, friend, and much, much more.....Amen, amen and amen!
Thanks for inspiring us to keep it real Chandra...=)
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