praising God’s work over a latte
I am enjoying quite a nice morning in Woolloomoo in a Toby’s Estate cafe. I came in early to drop my car off at the Holden place around the corner so it could get some recall thingy checked. But it was a good excuse to just sit here, relax a bit… and possibly do some work as the next hour goes by.
I have very much enjoyed praising the awesome things God has been doing in me lately. It has been so amazing - indescribable even - to think back on all that He’s done in me in 2008 so far. God really has changed me and shaped me into the man He wants me to be. Debbie has been a big part of that… and it was so awesome to let her know last night that God has spoken through her, and worked through her more than she’ll possibly ever know.
For the last 6 weeks or so, I’ve battled so many feelings of unworthiness - which I know I am… I definitely don’t deserve anything that God does for me. But just fighting off the feelings of, “I don’t want to do it cos I’m not good enough.” But it is quite awesome to wonder at what else God has lined up for me this year… it has been a massive 6 weeks of the year so far, and I kinda don’t think God’s going to just leave it at that.
I drove home last night from Debbie’s place (possibly just a fraction later than I should’ve), and Mighty To Save came on my iPod. How cool it was to sing it very loudly… a couple of times… on the way home :)
So take me as You find me, all my fears and failures;
Fill my life again.
I give my life to follow everything I believe in;
Now I surrender.
And that last line trigged a memory in me of a sermon b preached a few years ago. At the end of it, we received a box that was labelled “A gift of great worth”… and inside was this line:
everything I am, and ever hope to be.
I like that: everything that I already am, and everything that I ever hope to be in my wildest dreams, God has given to me as a gift. How awesome is that. :)
