May 12th, 2011
What Can You Give?
By Laura Willis
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14 NIV
A WISE PERSON ONCE said that selfishness is at the root of most (if not all) discontent and self-centered seeking. In other words, the more you isolate yourself, the more you focus on what you don't have. Many people spend the majority of their waking existences tallying up all their wants and classifying them as needs.
We scoot things to the top of the importance list that maybe should be kept a notch or two below the rest. Avoid pain, avoid loss, avoid need. Always forgetting that we are vessels, not simply pure content. We were made to be presented. We are not the prize.
We are the offering.
Like Christ before us, we are to pour ourselves out for others. It is not about how bright and shiny we are, but it is about what is so bright and shiny within us. Why do we have what we have and for whom do we have it?
What matters most to you? Make a list of your plans and priorities. Who do they benefit? How do they contribute to others?
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This devotion is adapted from an article on RELEVANTmagazine.com.
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