Susan's Blog: Five Minute Friday

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Five Minute Friday - Choose

Each day I live

I have the opportunity to choose

Will I serve the Lord

Or will I serve myself

Will I yield and bend to the Lord’s will

Or will I be stiff necked and unbending

Will I seek the Lord

Or will I pursue my own interests

Will I love the Lord

Or will I love this world and things which are perishing

Will I invest my time reading God’s Word

Or will I waste time on the foolish things of this world

Will I come boldly before the throne of grace in prayer

Or will I choose to grumble and complain

Do I want to hear God’s commendation

Or do I desire man’s approval

Will I choose to glorify God in all things

Or will I seek to glorify myself

Each day I have the opportunity to choose

Choose this day Whom I will serve

Susan Wachtel

January 4, 2013

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3 comments:

Jessie Gunderson said...: We got a beautiful reminder of this reality today when my two oldest boys chose Jesus and got baptized! :)

Great post. A good one to print and read every day.
Jessie at JessieGunderson.com; 1:09 AM
Janettessage.blogspot.com said...: Yes, yes....and that is a wonderful way for me to start my day...such a great reminder!; 7:52 AM
Wanda said...: You summed up the power of our choices so well Susan.; 9:37 AM

My Colors Will Be Clear

I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight seeing, smooth knees, color-less dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, "chinchy" giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need position, promotions, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by presence, learn by faith, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my destination is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of the One that gave me life, drew the line in blood for me in the hour of my destiny.

I am one of Christ's remnant people. I belong to Him and none other. All I do to bring this life to another is done because of that blood covenant poured out for me.

I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. I must share will all that one more might hear and be drawn from the flaming darkness that longs to consume. Reach for another, touch but one more!

Until that moment...He will have no problem in recognizing me- my colors will be clear!!!

Not only are the words inspiring but so is the man behind them. The above letter was written by a Pastor in Africa who was undergoing severe persecution. On the eve of his execution he sat down and wrote the above note.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Five Minute Friday - Choose

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