I still can’t believe I found such an awesome devotional in a regular mall bookstore! It was another book by Henry Blackaby, “Experiencing God“, that first got me involved with missions in Ethiopia. There are 12 chapters, containing a total of 73 days of devotion. There are many scriptures quoted (centred around different themes). Here are some of the short questions I have pondered over from the first 4 chapters “Ask Yourself” section:
Am I available at a moment’s notice whenever He wants to use me? Am I willing for others to know my past if it helps them to know God? Am I more focused on achieving goals than on following Christ? Do I know Christ well enough to know when He is speaking to me? Are the desires of my heart truly pointing in God’s direction? Am I working harder at anything than my relationship with Christ? Would I notice if something in my life was coming between God and me? Is there something God could ask me to do-and I would say no? I’ve been far from perfect, but is there a better day than today to start over? Has sin ever delivered on its promises? Why should I expect it to do so now? Is there anything in me that I wouldn’t want anyone to know about? Are my sins as offensive and disgusting to me as they are to God? Do I see God as all warm and fuzzy, or do I realize that He is Almighty? Will I be serious about Christ for more than this week-for a lifetime? Have I obeyed the last thing God asked of me, or is He still waiting? What do I spend most of my time thinking about and searching for? Can I see my daily work as my way of serving Christ? Do I often run ahead of God and find myself alone on the battlefield? I always say that God comes first, but can I prove it with my life? What am I attempting to do with God that is God-sized? How much do I really expect of God? How much does he expect of me? When I come to the end of all my questions, is God my final answer? ”If you leave this day to chance, you’ll lose it in a blur. But if you place it in God’s hands, He’ll use you in a heartbeat. That’s the priceless promise for The Man God Uses.”
dear andy its really nice to reading all the true in here
i think we dont do any right think to our almigty god,only he can forgive us becouse we only assume that we following in our god but in fact we doing what we thinking about that, i just wanna know when we will be bye our heart with god?the christ said if u wanna follow me u should leave every one even ur wife and ur kids
i hope that god give us a power to going in god’s way,no care about anything and anyone exept our christ
god bless all of us
Hi, Gholam! Thanks for the comment. I think it’s true that we must put Christ first but Jesus said that we should LOVE Him more than father, mother, wife or children…not leave your wife and kids! Another verse in the Bible says that if we do not care for the direct members of our family then we are worse than the heathen. God bless you as you continue to seek God’s will in your life. You are greatly missed!