Right? Wrong!

I've been reading a book that challenges me to ruins! It's called Ordinary Radical. Please find it and read it if you can!

 

I've been thinking a lot about tithing. Why do we put so much emphasis on tithings when Jesus requires our everything? I had to be honest with myself and the reason I tithed many times was out of obligation. Then I have done my part and met His requirements, right? Wrong. God requires our everything. He knows what we give and with what heart. Man, Challenged! The Bible does not speak about tithing a lot. But in the New Testament Jesus looks at a rich man giving a lot of money to the church and a lady giving little and it meant more to Him what the lady gave, because He saw her heart.

 

And the same with our lives- about how much you give. Previously when I would witness I would treat God like a marketing product. You have all theeeeessseeee benefits and all God wants is your heart. Wrong! God wants everything! He wants every little detail of your life! I just read a quote that said something like: God is not in control of your life. God gave you all the control. So this is my prayer: God I give you back the control!

 

If your prayer is the same: prepare to have your life beautifully wrecked!

 

I got so tired of Cliche testimonies when I was in school and university because it was always the same. These young men, who girls would look at and think "wow, what a man of God" (and probably he would think the same), would stand in front of a church and tell how they drank and got a lot of girls and then they met God and their lives became so good and perfect because now they go to church and have a men's meeting maybe once a month. But actually meeting God totally changed my life! I had a great life plan! I would study, do my honors degree, meet a man at university, he would be successful (a lawyer or accountant sounds good), we would get married, I would be successful in my business career, but be a mother when the time comes, we could afford a big beautiful house that people would 'ooh' and 'ahh' at. Everything was properly planned! Please! I did not even get to my honors!

 

I chased after success in every way, career, marriage, everything. The moment I decided to ask God for direction everything changed. I studied teaching for a year, but met great friends and had a church that made me feel as if I was doing good for God, I learned more about God and grew closer to my family. Then I decided to ask God again what to do, because it worked so well the first time. He asked me to do Global Challenge. He asked me to leave my plans of success (worldly success) and join Him as He shows me other parts of the world He created and the people He so passionately love. He asked me to pack ONE bag of clothes and a tent, to ask people for money to do it, to pull out weeds and paint buildings for a year. He asked me to leave my family and loose some friends. He asked me to let go of my life plan. He asked me, I said yes.

 

And in this year He started teaching me how to love. How stupid I was trying to be first when He asks us to be last. He taught me to not only be His servant, but also His friend and daughter. Also how He never ceases to provide. He taught me how different His kind of success looks. He taught me how security is in Him alone, everything else is given to us.And how you can only lead as much as you are willing to submit. He took me out of religion and placed me in love. I am most grateful that I got to know the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. There's so much more, if only I could write it all down.

 

Cheers! To a beautifully wrecked life! To never being the same again! To never thinking the same again. May we have the courage to give our lives back to God!