Give Your Best

2Tim. 2:15 Work hard so God can approve you. Be a good worker, one who
does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of
truth. NLT

Are you really giving God your best? It is so easy for us to settle for
where we are in Christ and never strive for more. Many people get a
touch from God and hang on to it forever, never expecting or striving to
get more from God. You see, when you stop trying your best and start
settling for less, then the enemy will come and sow spiritual seeds of
inferiority. And when others come around you that are giving their all
to God, they will seem very deep to you and it will cause you to feel
less than them. This brings about those crazy spirits that cause people
to want to be seen, want attention, or just want their way in the
church. They start worrying about what people are saying or what people
think about them. Fighting to protect a reputation that they have had
for years instead of moving forward. These are the consequences of not
staying in the word of God to find your own identity, or not striving to
be a better Christian and living accordingly. When you give God less,
you get less in return, and then you will be forced to compensate for
your spiritual lack by either fronting, or pretending you have what you
don’t. This leads to spirits of insecurity and hypocrisy.

Let God have your best. Don’t settle for who you are now, but keep
striving to hear God, see God, know God, and learn of God! He is the
answer to your questions. If you submit to God and delight yourself in
him, he will give you your hearts desire. He will fill the void and show
you who you are. It’s not easy at all, but when you feel like giving up
don’t do it. Just keep striving and you will get your approval from him.
Hang in there and give your very best to him. What you give is what you
will receive!

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