She has a wonderful blog, which is why I decided to share a little bit of what she writes.
You now want to do more, you want to be more utilized, be a better servant, be more of a servant. You do what you can and all that is asked of you. Even then, you feel as though you have not done enough. You want to do more.
You must now be thinking, how does she know this?
The true servant is not happy by doing the minimum. He wants to serve, he wants to help others, he wants to share what he has been given.
Now you come to realize that you can also do more, that you can allow yourself to be molded and shaped; it is now time to put yourself in God's hands. Putting yourself into the fire so that you may be molded, only those who are of God are not burned. At that moment you are totally depending on God.
“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.5 Then the word of the LORD came to me. 6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel." Jeremiah 18: 1-6
Just like the pot in the hands of the potter, so are we in the potter's hands. Few people are humble enough and strong enough to put themselves into the fire. They are not afraid because they know that great men and women of God are formed in that fire. They grow, mature and learn by being in the fire. You grow closer with God, and, consequently you learn to depend on Him.
We are molded and perfected.
The hotter the fire, the more we will shine.
The greater the battle, the greater the victory.
I can only guarantee one thing: If you are rejected by everyone, He has promised to never reject you.
:)
ReplyDelete