Prodigal:  Argggg  Matey!

Me:  You are quite the character.

Prodigal:  I decided to go whole hog!

Me:  That is what you did my friend.

 

This is from the book Tim Chester You Can Change

 

Our problem is that we think of ourselves as being at the center of our world.  We think of our lives as a story and, if we’re Christians, God is one of the characters in our story.  We look for him when we need him and expect him to be grateful when we serve him.  He’s a lovely piece or our story, but we still think of it as our story.  But it’s not our story.  It’s God’s story.  Of course there is a sense in which God is there for us.  But the bigger reality is that we’re there for God.  We exist to give him glory.  He doesn’t owe us anything, not even explanations.  Meanwhile, we owe him everything as our Creator and Redeemer.

 

I am glad this is God’s story and not my own!  May I continue to give God glory.

 

Isaiah 10:20-23

In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.  A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.  For though your people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return.  Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.  For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed in the midst of all the earth.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

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