It seems like one of the most typical conversations we have with children - from preschool age on up - is "What do you want to be when you grow up?" What a dilemma! How are we supposed to know that at such a young age?! When I was in elementary school - or even college - I didn't even know jobs like the one I hold now even existed. And, many jobs that do exist today didn't even exist way back then. So, how are we to know what we want to be?
What we should be asking young children and adults alike is "who do you want to be?"
I'm not sure I could have answered that as a preschooler either, but I can today!
I want to be a completely sold out, totally devoted, always immediately obedient servant and follower of Jesus Christ who every minute of every day shares the hope, love, mercy, encouragement, forgiveness and grace that can only come through Him. I want to thirst for His Word even more than I do for H2O. I want to help others come to know Him. I want His fragrance and His light to so totally engulf me that others can't help but notice that something special is different about me and want to know why. Like a quote I heard a year or so ago, I want to be a woman who, when I roll out of bed each morning, Satan cries, "Oh, no! She's up!"
I wish I had this direction much earlier in my life - I thought I did, but came to realize that my faith and personal relationship with Jesus Christ was about as shallow as my bath water. I am so thankful that my Lord and Savior is who He says He is, does what He says He can do, and continues to work on making me who He wants me to be. I rest in the knowledge that I can do all things through Him and pray that each and every day His Word is alive and active in me.
I'm still on the road to who I want to be when I grow up, but with Jesus leading the way, I know I'm going to make it!
Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Prayer for today: Father God, thank you, thank you, thank you for your patience and your love. Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for being who you are. I love you so much! Thank you for sharing messages and encouragement through your Word and also through others using your Word. I pray that I always hear Your truth alone and hear it clearly. Lord, you know I still need your help with the control and discipline issues, but I know that through you I can get there. Thank you for the sacrifice of your precious son, Jesus Christ as payment for my sins and for those of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Amen.
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