Spent for Jesus

"When the heart sees what God wants, the body must be willing to spend and be spent for that cause alone."

These words from Oswald Chambors have so challenged my thoughts and behavior leading up to this new phase of ministry in Austin. When my heart saw what God was planning for our next phase of life, I realized I must spend my life on Jesus' vision for Austin. Not in a false humility, or wanting to be congratualted for such a "sacrifice" of giving up all things dear to move across the country. But because He is worthy, I must give everything I have to the cause Jesus has put before me. It is easy in theory, hard in the day to day grind. I have been stretched beyond what I thought I was capable of and endured thus far by God's grace alone. May we all be willing to be spent for Jesus in the mundane everyday moments and in the major callings that shake our worlds upside down. Andrea