Hopefully making theology simpler to understand! (2 Corinthians 1:12)

There is something that really amazes me. I mean something that absolutely blows my mind.

First, I must tell you that God got a hold of me almost twelve years ago, and He got a firm hold of me (which means I finally stopped wiggling around enough to pay attention to Him holding me) four and a half years ago. From all of this I have dedicated my life to transforming others’ lives by opening myself to God using me for His glory. I do a lot with my church and different ministries. My college major is Christian Leadership. I love reading my Bible and sharing what I learn with those around me. I help younger Christians grow in their faith.

But this post is not about me.

I am amazed by the people who are not in “full-time ministry” and impact people’s lives for Christ. These are Christians who are (in no particular order):

1. Teachers
2. Doctors
3. Bus drivers
4. Taxi drivers
5. Garbage removal technicians (cool title, eh?)
6. Retail workers (like my mom!)
7. Carpenters (like my pop!)
8. Computer technicians
9. Web-designers
10. Farmers
11. City workers
12. Office workers
13. Your mom
14. Salesmen
15. Wait staff (you know, the people who serve food)
16. Kitchen staff (the people who make the food)
17. Bussers (the people who clean up after you have eaten the food)
18. Business people
19. Executives
20. Business owners
21. Single parents
22. Multi-jobbers (providing for their families by working many jobs)
23. Street cleaners
24. Security guards
25. Police officers
26. Firefighters
27. Paramedics
28. And way more people than I could ever hope to include in this list (at least right now)

To do this requires completely selling out to God.

To do this means letting God’s love pour through you toward others.

To do this takes loving God and others way more than your family, your friends, yourself.

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14: 26

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
Matthew 22:37-39

Have you let yourself see just how tightly God is holding on to you? Do you let Him move freely through your life? Is He everything?