Lord, what do You want me to do with my life
Lord, what do You
want me to do
with my life
I would like to share a story with
you that has touched me deeply. It is about
an American soldier in the Vietnam
War. He was about to step on an anti-
personnel land mine that was hidden
from his sight. His comrade across the
battlefield, who could see the
impending disaster from his vantage point,
stood up from behind his protective
barricade and shouted a life-saving
warning to his friend.
At that moment the brave young man
received a gunshot wound that ended
his life. A couple of years later,
at an honorary memorial service in the
United States, the soldier whose
life had been saved from the land mine had
a chance to meet the wife and son of
his deceased friend. The son, who was
only seven years old, had never
gotten a chance to really know his father.
The soldier could tell that this
boy’s heart was
broken, so he knelt down next to him
and put his
hand on the child’s shoulder. “I
want you to know,”
the soldier said, “your father saved
my life.” The
little boy looked up at him with
tears streaming
down his cheeks. “Sir,” he said,
“were you worth it?”
Leonard Ravenhill once asked the
question, “Is
what you’re living for worth Christ
dying for?” We
were not saved so that we could be
polished, decorative knickknacks sitting
on God’s shelf filling space in
heaven for eternity.
No, we were born with special
talents and abilities, and have been saved
by the grace of God. The most
appropriate response to this amazing gift is
to make ourselves completely
available for Him, thus fulfilling our calling.
In light of these things, what then
should we do? Perhaps you feel a desire
to respond by offering your life as
a “rocket booster” to propel God’s king
-
dom forward, but you are not sure
where to begin. When Saul, who later
became the apostle Paul, met the
Lord on the road to Damascus, this was
his question:
“Lord, what do You want me to do?”
(Acts 9:6).
And this is where our journey
begins, with a simple question:
“Lord, what
do You want me to do with my life?”
Whether this journey takes you to
the mission field or medical school,
whether you become a construction
worker, businessman, chef, or pastor,
discovering God’s will for your life
is not a matter of determining what
you want, but what He wants. It is a
spiritual quest of utmost significance,
and the Holy Spirit must lead it.
For that reason, I invite you to begin this
journey by praying the following
prayer for guidance and direction:
Heavenly Father,
I present my life to You today as a
living sacrifice.
Because You gave Your Son for me, I
give myself fully to You.
This is my reasonable service.
I lay my dreams and desires at Your
feet
and ask that Your will be done in my
life.
Use my mortal hands to build Your
eternal kingdom.
Use my life to propel Your purposes
forward.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
The purpose of our ministry at CfaN
is very clear. God has called us to
preach the message of Jesus Christ
from Cape Town to Cairo...and all over
the world. To continue doing this
effectively, we need your help.
With all my heart, I pray that you
would know God’s purpose for your life
with conviction, and that you would
take hold of it with passion.
Daniel Kolenda
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