How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to satisfy us.
I am challenged by this statement from Oswald Chambers’ Utmost devotional for today. It is such an easy thing to slip into a mindset that privileges service over sacrifice, as Chambers says here:
The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles.
Father, my greatest desire today is to honor You, to be with You, to live for You and not just serve You. Help me, Holy Spirit, never to confuse service with surrender, righteousness with relationship, doing with loving. I know, Father, that because I love You and because You love me, service, righteousness, and doing will flow naturally from You through me.
Charis means grace, and that’s what this blog is about: grace, in all its—sometimes messy, always magnificent—manifestations. I’m Dan Butcher, and I invite you to join me in learning to lead a Christ-centered, grace-filled life. 
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