Allowance, Budget, Claims...

"If I had the money right, I'd definitely...."
"I wanna go! But... No time lar..."
"Sure sure, no problem, oh.. can claim for this?"

One way, one form, one mean or another, we've made at least one of those statements in the course of life- some more so than the other.

To some extent, sometimes, it feels that way as well for our spiritual lives- we'd love to fast and pray, but we have things to do (legitimate ones like attending class, working, meeting up with old friends); we want to commit to regular quite time with God but with 24hours in a day and 48 different commitments here and there, it's really hard to set aside that time regularly, *and the BiG one...* we want to share the word of God, but we really, really don't know how (i.e. Don't know how to start, what to talk about, what NOT to talk about, who to share with, how to share with a person like that, where to share, when to share...)

It's great to know that our Christian life and the spreading of God's Word is not rested on our capabilities.

Our Father in Heaven is not like an employer that tells you to do this and that given a specified amount of resources... [Matthew 28]
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Leave it to Daddy to give us a mission in life so we won't have to scratch our heads after accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour thinking, "Ok, so what now?"

AND, letting us know that when we're on this mission, the same authority that is given to Christ our Lord is given to us- in fact He Himself is with us!

There's no limit to our resources! No budgets, no need for "claims" because we will never need to put in our own resources first, no allowances because it's "all for us" when it's "all for Him".

Would you say that your spiritual life has been limited because you've been living it on your own resources and abilities?

Feel free to share your thoughts and feelings.


Paid-in-full,
Mi