Hello friends, welcome to In Bolden. I'm Chris Shatter, an ordinary Christian living with and learning about an extraordinary God. We're on day 18 of giving 30 days to glory to God on the In Bolden Podcast. Our verse today comes from 1 Peter 4, 11.
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things, God may be praised through Jesus Christ, to Him be the glory and the power forever and ever, amen. And join me in this short prayer today. Holy Spirit, whatever decisions and choices I make today, help them to be in service and glorification of God.
Amen. I read and Instagram posed the other day that asked this question. Are you doing what makes you happy or what glorifies God? I would venture to say on a day to day, hour by hour basis, we probably all lean towards what makes us happy.
Sure, when it comes to bigger and more difficult decisions, we may seek God's counsel. But how often when we are choosing, say, what to eat, what to do with our free time, when we go about our chores and errands before we open the door to enter work or school, do we think, what's God say about this? What could I do in this very situation that would make God happy? What could I say to my spouse, friend, adult child, that would sound like a word from the Lord?
Isaiah 55, 9 tells us, all the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. You know, we can take that piece of Scripture and use it as sort of like an out when it comes to our everyday lives being aligned with God. We can never, you know, truly know all that God is thinking. So we just go about our lives as best we can, right?
That may be true if we never study Scripture or pray for the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom. Because when we do those two things, God will constantly be on our minds and lips. He may even want that mundane day you have planned, turn into something that glorifies Him. We will never be fully satisfied with making our own choices about our lives.
It may appear that some people who have fame and fortune without God have it all. As Christ followers, we know true satisfaction, however, comes from the only constant thing in the world, God. He knows what's best for us. He knows what will work in our lives to glorify the Kingdom.
Friend, when we change our daily thinking to God's plan, not ours, we will also enjoy the fruits of the Spirit. Peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness. And that sounds a lot better than anything I might have planned for my day. Have a great day.
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