Your All

This morning I've been thinking about people who have given their all for the Kingdom of God.

The widow woman was willing to give her and her son's last meal up to God's prophet, Elijah. (1 Kings 17)

When the tabernacle was built, the Israelites were so willing to give of their riches that the leaders had to turn their gifts away! (Exodus 36)

The little boy with two fish and five loaves of bread was willing to give up his small lunch for Jesus to use. (John 6)

A woman was willing to give up her expensive perfume - and, more importantly, her own pride - in order to anoint the feet of Jesus. (Luke 7)

Early Christians were willing to sell everything they had and share it with others in order to help build up the church.

All of these people were willing to give their all for the Lord. They didn't care about their own welfare, but trusted that the Lord would take care of them. As a result they all were blessed.

The widow woman was the recipient of a miracle that allowed her and her son to live through a famine. The little boy was blessed to see a miracle firsthand with the food he gave to Jesus. The woman who anointed Jesus was able to receive forgiveness from her many sins. The church was able to see miraculous growth, signs and wonders because of their wholehearted openness to sharing Christ.

Is your everything available for the Lord to use? Are you willing to give what you think you need and what you treasure if the Lord asks for it instead?

Today, allow the Holy Spirit to search your heart. Allow Him to show you places where you may be holding on a bit too tightly. Our everything should be available for the Lord to use. Nothing should be off limits to Him.

When we allow Him to have full access to everything we have - He is free to do wonders in our lives.

Verse of the Day: I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith. Philippians 3:7-9