Ministering to the Lord

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. - Oswald Chambers

Again, it is not about us. It's about Him. I find myself often making this mistake. I wake up and go to the Lord so He can fill my need, so He can answer my prayers, offer direction and even the simple peace that is beyond my understanding. I don't often go to Him simply to minister to Him, to pour out to Him, to invest in Him.

I have a heart for worship in a big way, but that just seems a part of the interaction, not the basis for it. The basis needs to be worship. That is how I need to approach the Lord. Yes, I need to be real, raw, transparent and honest about my emotions, trials and mistakes. Yes, I need to ask for His help, but not because I want it, but because He does.

God cannot become a vending machine, where we go to Him when we are hungry or thirsty and expect to be filled. We need to go to Him because He is an awesome God, a friend, a lover, a savior and we owe Him our lives. The fullness that we receive is not the reason for the interaction, for the relationship. It is simply a benefit we receive because our adoption as His Children and our choice to press in and know Him more.

I can think of so many times, even today, when I have approached the Lord with the wrong mind set, with the wrong motive. I need to approach God as the awesome God He is.