Always keep in contact with those books and those people that enlarge your spiritual horizons making it possible for you to first stretch, & then grow greater, in all of His DIMENSIONS! Oswald Chambers.
We live in a day and age when everything around us is tempest tossed. If you know who you are and whose you are . . . you will stand. We have chosen a life without rival . . . a life that can only be constructed by the Holy Spirit.
Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original. (Gal. 5:25–26 Message)
And so, we end where we began.
This unique expression of you as an original will lead to a life in keeping with the Spirit. You were not created merely for comparisons, but you were created for God’s Son. Your heavenly Father wrote out the intimate details of your life in His book long before you drew your first breath. He wrote your life with living letters. No one else can live your story. It is time your pages came alive. Living the story lines written for others will leave what the Spirit has written of you unfulfilled. Each and every one of us has a specific course and destiny. The Holy Spirit’s direction is essential if you are going to live a life without rival. This Spirit-led life is not merely a concept or a romantic hope—it is an expression of spiritual discipline and a personal act of worship. A life of devotion, not distraction. With each act of obedience in both your intimate and your public life, God will detail his purpose for your life and his voice to you will grow in clarity.
BOTTOM LINE:
Your life and all of its potential is a God-given act of trust toward you. It would be a shame if all that is in you were like so much treasure and talents buried under the opinions and expectations of strangers. You are not here on earth as a spectator. You have far more important and interesting things to do with your life. It is time you knew this.
Your future is now.
Without Rival: Embrace your Identity and Purpose in an Age of Confusion and Comparison by Lisa Bevere Pg 230
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