All We Have...(Comes From God)

Am I truly willing to love (aka give)

with all I have?

This, the challenge/conviction from this morning's reading...

A few excerpts below

This morning is gleaming and shiny as a new silver or gold coin

begging to be spent/invested!

So many avenues, snares and benefits for both money and time

where every day is an investment for eternity!

Ps.16:11 

You will show me the path of life;

 In Your presence is fullness of joy; 

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Heb.4:13 KJV

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:

 but all things are naked and opened 

unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

NIV

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. 

Everything is uncovered and laid bare 

before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

The Creator of life is the Supreme and Sovereign Giver 

(and withholder) of all we have or want!

Rom.8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good 

of those who love him, 

who have been called according to his purpose.

Nothing is hidden from the One with Whom we have to do

No thought or motive's intention escapes His thorough view 

Not one measure that we possess , not one means we applaud

Is secured by our own success; All we have comes from God

No one is exempt from the tender love that wrought God's grace

God gave Himself and did not send another in His place

To bear surrender's uttermost; death on a cross, so grim

To leave no room for mortal boast; All we have comes from Him

No part of God's authority is for a select few

Forbid we have no fear of He with Whom we have to do

But, weigh all that transcends the grave with holy diligence

Because all that we have is by the Giver's providence 

Pray, we wholly rely on He who supplies our need

Pray we despise the enemy that thrives on fear and greed

For all we have is given, not to claim as our own

 Else earth's foretaste of Heaven would not make the Giver known  

 

Oh God, deliver us from evil that subtly takes root 

The love of money; a devil that blights both tree and fruit

Oh God, the Giver of our days, with Whom we have to do

Instill in us love's hymn of praise; all we have comes from You

So then, with all we have from You, pray, with all that we have

Of might and means, we purpose to invest beyond the grave 

Aware that life composes what death cannot circumvent 

When the Giver discloses what we did with what He lent 

© Janet Martin

A few more excerpts from the ending of the book

George Muller of Bristol...

to both cheer and challenge all who seek to live

to give without counting the cost!

Building for Eternity...