I Stand Amazed

All I can say is God wants to use His people, but many times we often find excuses to block what God really desires for us. He wants our best, and our best is when we serve Him. We are designed, created to be empty vessels cleansed and filled with the Holy Spirit, so that whoever interacts with us may find Him, may see Him. When we as believers choose to move and seek the Lord’s face, we find Him and finally begin to understand that He is so worth it; He is more than enough. My Lord is alive, He is not dead. He is the Living God and those who desire to search out what is worth living for, find true life. When that happens, there is nothing more than anything else in the world we would rather do than bring Glory to God and to share with others who is I AM. Those living on the streets in downtown Athens, outside of, and around need to see Him. They need to know Him. Over the years, I have seen many evils penetrate the city, but one thing that always brings me to deep sorrow is seeing the pain. Pain defines the city. People are hurting and even worse some cannot even see they hurt. Deeply hurt. They try to dull the pain with a plethora of drugs, alcohol, one-night stands, anger, bitterness, self-mutilation. Along with the pain, beauty has been hidden. Beauty has been distorted, corrupted, misused, abused, and stepped on. Beauty, in its all encompassing true definition must be restored and upheld. The Lord is Beauty. The city needs the Lord. The lost need to see hope. They need love—True Love. When we as believers are willing to step out of the comfort zone we so often linger in and finally begin to rely upon the Lord for the words to say to someone who has a completely different lifestyle, moral conduct, or belief about God, we find…God’s desires. God desires the lost to know Him. If we are willing, God will use us for His work and Glory. But what is crazy about it all, is that when we step out of our comfort zone, we step into God’s comfort zone. What usually stops me from hearing God’s voice in my life is my fear, my reliance on my own ability instead of reliance on my Father who is infinitely capable and qualified to accomplish His work. And Him, who is infinitely capable and qualified to share Himself with those who are lost, lives in me. Wow! I am without excuse. I stand amazed. May I eternally remain humbled by that true foundation.
-Anna