Ephesians 3:16-21 "I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen."
This week I've been struggling with wanting to please everyone, keeping people happy and ultimately taking a lot of things that are beyond my control very personally. I believe it's easy, when you are passionate about your career to allow it to become a part of your self worth and value. Thus, when things go wrong it is normal to take them to heart. But as I've struggled through the appropriate way to handle criticism, feedback, etc. I realize more and more that my ultimate worth and value must be found in Christ. Not the church, any church for that matter. Or even in a group people who are cheerleaders that may or may not stand by me in the most difficult of times. But, found only in Christ, and him alone.
Paul's prayer to the church at Ephesus is one that I needed to hear today. I need to be empowered by the Holy Spirit, not only for ministry at Asbury but in my everyday life. I need to trust him completely and allow myself to receive the AMAZING love He wants me to experience. I need to do these things in order to be made complete in Him and live out of His calling on my life and not out of the current public opinion poll.
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