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Harvest Daily with Greg Laurie - Aug. 14, 2006



Make It Count

 

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

—1 Corinthians 10:31

 

I remember when, as a young Christian, I would sit in the pews at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and listen to Senior Pastor Chuck Smith speak.  I would think to myself, I wonder if God would ever use me.  I wonder if the Lord would ever speak through me.  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that God would allow me to be a pastor and someone who has the privilege of proclaiming the gospel.  It was beyond my own dreams, beyond my own aspirations, even.

 

If you are planning your future right now, if you are thinking about what course you want to follow in life, ask God for His direction.  Say, “Lord, I want to be the person that You want me to be.  I want to marry the person You want me to marry.   I want to be in the center of Your will.  I don’t want to go out there and blow it.  Help me to do Your will.”  God’s plans for you are better than anything you have ever planned for yourself.

 

God has given each of us certain abilities, talents, and resources.  The question is what are you doing with them?  Are you seeking to use them for His glory?  Are you offering your resources and future to Him?

 

I’m not saying that you have to be a pastor.  But whatever you do, whether you are a doctor, an architect, a secretary, a computer programmer, a builder, a musician, or something else, you should want to serve the Lord and do it for the glory of God.  That’s what matters.  Your life can be a testimony and a witness for Jesus.

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