Elizabeth Elliot Devotional
Most of us would like to do something special in
life, something to distinguish us. We suppose
that we desire it for God's sake, but more likely
we are discontent with ordinary life and crave
special privileges. When Israel asked if they
should offer some spectacular
sacrifice--thousands of rams, ten thousand
"rivers of oil," a firstborn child--the answer
was, "He has showed you, O man, what is good; and
what does the Lord require of you but to do
justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly
with your God" (Mi 6:8 RSV).
There is nothing conspicuous about those
requirements. It is not a "special" service for
which one would be likely to be decorated or even
particularly remembered. But it is worth more to
God than any sacrifice.
Lord, deliver me from the delusion of imagining
that my desire is to serve You, when my real
desire is the distinction of serving in some way
which others admire.
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