Acknowledge God

God wants us to acknowledge Him. Psalm 46:10 says "Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth". When we acknowledge God, there will be a confession of sin (Proverbs 28:13), a confession of salvation (Romans 10:10), a confession of the Savior (John 4:15). We must admit our own weakness in the flesh, our inability to help ourselves and our total dependence on Jesus Christ. Jesus said "without me, ye can do nothing" John 15:5. Paul said, " I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me" (Philippians 4:13). We are to commit our ways to Him (Proverbs 3:6), we are to commit our lives to Him (Philippians 1:21), and we are to commit our will to Him (Luke 22:42).  

God wants our allegiance. Jesus commanded, " And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:27). We give our allegiance to many different things, political parties, employers, family and friends and many other things, but God wants us to give Him our allegiance first. We will make time for what is most important in our lives. Colossians 3:2 says "Set your affections on things above, not on things of the earth". 

God wants us to be available to Him. We need God. Many time's people think that God needs them. People who think this have, an overinflated ego. Nothing could be further from the truth. Romans 12:3 says "For I say through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think........ The Lord wants to use us but He can and will use someone else if we are not willing to be obedient to Him. 

Romans 3:12

The verse means that none can do good without the grace of God, the strength of Christ and the assistance of the Spirit; there is not even a spiritual man that can do perfect good. We all have sin in us. The works of the flesh produce evil meaning that we are naturally weak and are being opposed by evil spirits and by evil men. Our good intentions can easily be derailed. The fruit of the Spirit results in doing good (Galatians 5 19-26). 

Christians very often feel that there is so many things that need to be done that they can't possibly do it all. Remember we can only do one thing at a time. We as individuals can only do so much. We should schedule times to rest ( Mark 6:31). We can be overcommitted to a cause. This can cause burnout and say what's the use. Discernment is essential here. Often times all God wants from us is to take a deep breath and calm down (Psalm46:10: Luke 10:41). 

We will never grow weary of doing good if we have Christ Jesus (Galatians 5:24). We should give ourselves fully to the Lord because we know our labor is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58).