if we're honest

You aren’t going to be recognized. And that is perfectly okay. It was never about you in the first place. It’s always been about Him. He created you to point to Him. Therefore, you should truly never be recognized. You shouldn’t apologize for who you aren’t/ who you can’t be, but boast in who you are and whose you are. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. Quick to encourage, slow to criticize; quick to extend grace as you have freely received it. WHY DO YOU TRY TO HOLD ONTO ANYTHING THAT WASN’T YOURS TO BEGIN WITH? We can’t take ANY of it with us. WHY do you keep trying to force it into your pockets, thinking you can slide by without being noticed? You want to know why you keep being noticed? Because King Jesus wants all of you, every single part. He wants your lips to sing His praise and your ears to dwell on solid truth. He longs for your mind to be set on Him because He will floor you each time with what He alone can do. He wants your steps to be in line with His, because He is the ultimate Shepherd and guide. He craves for your heart to meditate on His truth because He knows the weight of a heart centered on anything less. He commands you to work hard and receive the fruit of your labor, but find time to rest and recognize it’s all done by His grace. He longs for your hands to be extended with nothing to offer, only to receive, and prayerfully to receive with thanksgiving and fullness. WHEN will you truly understand this was never about you but has ALWAYS been about Him? When will you drop the performing and the acts? When will you say I have nothing to offer, except Jesus, who will certainly be enough and far greater still? At what point will you recognize that your best day on earth is but a drop compared to the endless fountain of riches He has waiting for you in heaven? Do you believe it is truly all a loss to knowing Christ and being found in Him? Because at that exact point, everything you’ve ever truly wanted and all you really need meet and you find the source of true life.

Drop the act and find the joy.  

(hint: It starts and ends with Jesus)