More of Him

Jeremiah 1:6-8 -

"Then said I: "Ah Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth." But the Lord said to me: "Do not say 'I am a youth,' for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and wherever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you," says the Lord."

Wow! What a scripture! Here I was thinking how could I possibly do something that great for God, and then BOOM God hits me with that big one! Well I tell you what friends, that convicted me! I could be doing SO MUCH more than what I am doing right now, and so I made a commitment to do more and to do something great for God. No more hiding!!

Well, those are the exact words that I posted in my blog yesterday. That morning before I wrote my blog post and last night before I went to bed I prayed that God would open a door for me to do more for Him. It is my heart's desire to serve Him with absolutely everything that I have. I talked yesterday about how recently I had become somewhat half-hearted and that at youth camp God just ripped my heart out and began to deal with me, showing me how much He wanted me to give my all. So I made a commitment yesterday to give Him everything from now on and to give Him more.

Well I'll tell you now that as soon as you commit something to God, He will give you an opportunity to test your faithfulness and your commitment. This morning I was sitting at my computer listening to some music and I got a call from one of the Senior Youth leaders. One of the first things he said to me was "has anyone spoken to you since camp?" and I instantly thought that I was in trouble! Continuing on, he began to ask me about my recent AYM trip to Perth and asked me what I did while I was there and asked me if I was comfortable when I spoke to their church, asking how long I went for. I told him that I loved it, to which he asked me whether I would want to do it again. Instantly I got chills and I knew that God was going to do something. I replied that yes, I did want to do it again, and he said "well how about this Sunday night? You will be the lead speaker for our youth-lead service." Well I tell you what, if I had chills before, I was feeling so overwhelmed by this stage that I was nearly laughing in pure joy. Of course I agreed to speaking this Sunday night and we got off the phone.

How great and wonderful is God? I mean really! As soon as you make a commitment to Him he starts to open doors and present you with opportunities to serve Him. I tell you what, I am so excited for this Sunday. I am so ready to be used by God in more ways than what I normally do.

Another interesting point about this situation is that just this morning I was talking to my sister, and she said to me "You have always been known as 'the singer' and I have been known as 'the preacher', but now it's like we have swapped." At this stage I didn't even know that I would be preaching on Sunday, but I remembered my AYM and how I had a new found passion for preaching, and how at youth camp she had gone out of her comfort zone to sing and had done such a wonderful job. Well, it's funny how God works isn't it? I thought that because I wasn't able to sing anymore that I would not be used of God, but since I haven't been singing, I have been used of God so much more than when I was. I give all glory to Him, and it is my heart's desire to know Him more, to be used of Him more, and to serve Him more.

More of Him, and less of me. He must increase and I must decrease. Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord and He shall lift you up. It's funny when you think about that.. When we make ourselves smaller, He will lift us up and make us greater. If you ask me, that is pretty upside down... The very theme for this years UPC of Australia. Hmmm... God works in mysterious ways!

Thanks for reading!

Stay Blessed,

-Brooke ox