Forgotten God by Francis Chan

I highly recommend this book! It's phenomenal! I have postponed all my other books to read this one. I finished it this morning. I am going to start it over tonight. God has spoken to both Byron and myself through this book. After each chapter in the book he gives a biography of different peoples' lives. All of them are amazing stories of people being obedient to the call of God and in return God doing amazing things to change the lives of many. The last biography is the most powerful. I will share it with you now.

"What if this last biography were about your life? What would be written here? Would we read stories about the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit or stories about what you have accomplished on your own? Don't be discouraged if there is not a lot of the Holy Spirit's working in your past. Pray in complete faith right now. Ask God to have His Spirit work so mightily in you that it would make for an amazing biography. A biography that speaks of a life so supernatural that no one would even consider giving you the glory. A biography that displays the power of the Spirit and lifts up the name of Jesus to the glory of God the Father. Amen"

Not sure about you, but I definitely want a life that when people look at it that it points to Christ alone. I can definitely say that at this point I am not confident that my life has displayed that type of life. My desire is that truly in all I do that God will be glorified. This book has opened my eyes to see the life that God desires for every single one of us. A life that is truly surrendered to the Lord. A life that is passionate for the things of God. My core has been shaken by this book. Another quote from the book that struck a chord with me is this: "Some people encounter Jesus and say, 'Sweet! Jesus, do You want to join the party of my life with this sin, that addiction, this destructive relationship, and we'll all just coexist together?' But repentance means saying, 'Sweet Jesus, You are the best thing that has ever happened to me! I want to turn from all the sin and selfishness that rules me. I want to let it go and walk with You. Only You. You are my life now. Help me to walk away from the enslaving, worthless things in life.' Do you see the difference between these two examples? Which do you think more accurately portrays your own life? Is there anything you need to go and make right with your Savior, the One who was killed for your sake? Nothing else matters more than this relationship."
These are some powerful convicting words. I would like to say that my life more portrays the second example, but it doesn't. Not saying that I have addictions or destructive relationships in my life, but the feeling of lets just coexist happens way too often. Not wanting to let go of certain parts of my life. Being selfish in things. Which of course these things are sin. That lifestyle is saying God I want all of what you have to offer in blessings, wisdom, favor, etc., but I am not willing to give you all of me. God, sent His ONLY son to die for me. Jesus is perfect and sinless totally sacrificing everything because He loves me, but I am not willing to do it for Him? I would do anything for my husband and children, because I love them. I say that I love God, but why am I not willing to do anything for Him? He is my creator, He loves me unconditionally, He sent His ONLY son to take my punishment and my death so that I could have eternal life with Him! When God did all that for me why would I not do the same for Him? Like I stated in an earlier post, I am at a place that I have never been before. I am thankful that God has brought me to this place. I am thankful that He has not given up on me. What an amazing journey this is going to be. At the end I hope my life will point to the one and only God, that there will be no way to explain the things done in my life, but by saying that it was God Almighty at work in her life!