With A Great Heart

Mark 14:6, 8a  And Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on Me…She hath done what she could;…”

Everyone has limits on what they are able to do. We all have expectations of ourselves and others. We measure what can be done by our abilities and our willingness. God sees our willingness to serve and then gives us the help we need to fulfill His will. Our limitations are caused by many things that are beyond our control. God does not see what great things we have done, but the great heart we do it with. A great heart will give it their best and leave the rest to God. The attitude of a heart for God is to give all we have to Him. He will take what we give Him and multiply it hundred fold according to His will. Jesus desires that we just do what we can do, and then believe Him to tell the rest of the story.

Great Expectations

Phil 1:20 “according to my earnest expectation and my hope that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always so now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death”- 

We all have expectation and most often they fall short of what we desire. But the greatest expectation is to know that Jesus is being glorified in the midst of all people regardless of how it is being done. He is the reason for living and all I really desire in life is to see Him lifted up so that all men will be drawn to Him. No matter what our plight in life is, if Christ is manifested in us through our afflictions, then we have truly lived a life that counted. “To live is Christ and to die is gain”.