November 4

Do nothing to honor myself but do everything to honor God. That is easily said but hard to do. I do want to honor God with my life – so much! Yet there is that “guy” in me that wants some honor too. I am not talking about the healthy honor that one deserves because of his position in life, I am talking about that the desire for others to approve of you and give you accolades for being funny, working hard or witty and things like that. As I read today I just got the sense that God was stressing to me, “honor me in all you do”. That means that I must lay down my life, even more than I have, and give every moment to the honor of the King. I want to Papa, and I will – strengthen me to do just that.

Did you notice that Jesus went to the feast when it was the right time? He delayed but then left at the right time. At the feast they tried to arrest him and wanted to kill him, but it wasn’t the right time. We can have the right idea at the wrong time. We also should take heart that when we are doing the unpopular thing at the right time, God has got our back! When my life is given to God, I am immortal, until the right time.