Gary Grant

Acts 20:24... Finish the race ! The following excerpt is from my daily devotional from "My Utmost for His highest"( Oswald Chambers) Is This True Of Me? It is easier to serve or work for God without a vision and without a call, because then you are not bothered by what He requires. Common sense, covered with a layer of Christian emotion, becomes your guide. You may be more prosperous and successful from the world’s perspective, and will have more leisure time, if you never acknowledge the call of God. But once you receive a commission from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God asks of you will always be there to prod you on to do His will. You will no longer be able to work for Him on the basis of common sense. What do I count in my life as “dear to myself”? If I have not been seized by Jesus Christ and have not surrendered myself to Him, I will consider the time I decide to give God and my own ideas of service as dear. I will also consider my own life as “dear to myself.” But...

I was walking through Myer the other day and a t shirt caught my eye.... I purchased it ...for what it said on the front is what I want for my life. And it challenged me in that instant moment.   There aren't many people these days who are prepared to go the second mile. I wonder at times why our world has become the way it has. Selfish people who only care about their own and spare little for others who struggle so desperatly. I was looking at a clip on Facebook( you can see it on my FB profile) of a homeless guy that gave another homeless guy his jacket on a very cold day in New York, while hundreds, if not thousands of people just passed by not even glancing at the homeless young man, nearly freezing. I wondered what I would have done in that situation. Would I give up my jacket for another person who was cold ? Would you ? ...it got me thinking this morning .... Why would I ? Why wouldn't I ? What would be my excuse ? What would be yours ? ...............................