- ~Testimony Tuesday~

Apr. 22, 2008 - ~Testimony Tuesday~

I know I mentioned blogging a 'Thrifty Tuesday' for today, but in light of what's on my heart it's best for me to switch to a Thrifty Thursday instead. Sounds better anyhow... don't you think?

This morning I was blessed with being able to spend a little time with my sweet husband, who seems to have a knack for helping me sort through my own heart. Something was bothering me and honestly I couldn't exactly put my finger on it. My heart was overwhelmed and this morning I was blessed with truth from my awesome Lord and Savior and my precious husband.

I was speaking my heart to my husband when he picked up Oswald and read todays devotion:

April 22nd.

THE LIGHT THAT FAILS

"We all with open face beholding . . . the glory of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18

A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartenments come, people who used to be lights flicker out, and those who used to stand with us pass away. We have to get so used to it that we never know we are standing alone. "All men forsook me . . notwithstanding the Lord stood with me" (2 Tim. 4:16-17). We must build our faith, not on the fading light, but on the light that never fails. When "big" men go we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, the one thing that remains is looking in the face of God for ourselves.

Allow nothing to keep you from looking God sternly in the face about yourself and about your doctrine, and every time you preach see that you look God in the face about things first, then the glory will remain all through. A Christian worker is one who perpetually looks in the face of God and then goes forth to talk to people. The characteristic of the ministry of Christ is that of unconscious glory that abides. "Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him."

We are never called on to parade our doubts or to express the hidden ecstasies of our life with God. The secret of the worker's life is that he keeps in tune with God all the time.

I am thankful for this nugget from the Lord today. It is a reminder of why we do what we do. We do it all for the Lord. If we do it for any other reason - it will not last.

God is so merciful and will give us what we need to make it through every situation in life. We only need to focus on Him. Everything else will fall into place in His timing.

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April 22nd.

	THE LIGHT THAT FAILS

"We all with open face beholding . . . the glory of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18 A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartenments come, people who used to be lights flicker out, and those who used to stand with us pass away. We have to get so used to it that we never know we are standing alone. "All men forsook me . . notwithstanding the Lord stood with me" (2 Tim. 4:16-17). We must build our faith, not on the fading light, but on the light that never fails. When "big" men go we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, the one thing that remains is looking in the face of God for ourselves. Allow nothing to keep you from looking God sternly in the face about yourself and about your doctrine, and every time you preach see that you look God in the face about things first, then the glory will remain all through. A Christian worker is one who perpetually looks in the face of God and then goes forth to talk to people. The characteristic of the ministry of Christ is that of unconscious glory that abides. "Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him." We are never called on to parade our doubts or to express the hidden ecstasies of our life with God. The secret of the worker's life is that he keeps in tune with God all the time.