Give It All Up

It is not what other people say that will matter but what God says. At the end of the day, it is God's judgment that prevails. And so, this week, thinking of Jesus and

Philippians 4:8New American Standard Bible (NASB)8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is [a]lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, [b]dwell on these things.

If the Lord sees your heart and your mind, what will be printed out? Will it show Him or show your own desires?

This week is prayer and fasting week and I tell you, food is something that is hard for me to let go but I got sick so I had to media fast and just have food fast after this week. Another hard to let go for me is money. You see, I can be selfish at times and the hardest thing for me to think is being madamot to the Lord. And this just shows my lack of trust of the Lord, of His Sovereignty and His Goodness and His ability to provide. Sometimes, I ask, Lord, why do you speak to me about giving it all up every prayer and fasting and what I am praying for is for me to get something but I end up losing it to you. Today, I teared up, surrendering my heart to Him.

Luke 21 And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into thetreasury. 2 And He saw a poor widow putting [a]in two [b]small copper coins. 3 And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; 4 for they all out of their [c]surplus put into the[d]offering; but she out of her poverty put in all [e]that she had to live on.”5 And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said, 6 “As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.”7 They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the [f]sign when these things are about to take place?” 8 And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’Do not go after them. 9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does notfollow immediately.”

I do not know how God would move in my midst now, but I know that as I surrender to Him, I gain Him, the Greatest.