Daily Biscuit

Owen at Gooddogbaddog offers up some thought-provoking fun with his "Daily Biscuit". I've read all of them since he started this a couple of weeks ago and also read the answers that a few fellow bloggers have supplied at their site, but I haven't participated until today. So...here I go!







Take a bite of the Daily~Biscuit




With the power of Christ made strong in my weakness the thing I most want to change about me today is . . .



Owen asked those taking a bite at the Daily Biscuit to answer with integrity. I wonder if that means that I shouldn't ask to use the power of Christ within me to heal my cold?



Ok, seriously, I actually ponder this question daily when I ask God to make me more like Christ. Most days I feel so defeated because I just can't live up to the standard Christ set. Then I am convicted for feeling that way because I am not required to live up to that standard. God doesn't make it a requirement. I do. God doesn't see my failures. He sees me through the blood of Christ which makes me clean. So clean that I can stand before Him as righteous. Blows the mind!



In the meantime, before I get to see Him face to face, I am being transformed into the likeness of His Son. (Another mind blower!) and I think what I would most like to change about me today is that I could get out of the way of me. By this I mean that I often focus on my faults. I have even said to myself, and while talking to Katie, that "What good is it to even try to be a good Christian? It's impossible. It can't be done. Heck, the Bible teaches that there is no one righteous. Not one. So why bother?"



I have a pride problem. "I can do all things..." is how I live, but the Bible teaches "I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me". I have a difficult time yielding to His power and authority. I want to tap into the humility of Christ. For me, that is where all the power is. In the servitude. Seeing others as greater than myself. Getting me out of the way and letting Him have at it. Letting Him actually be Lord of my life. That is what I want to change about me today. I want to allow Him to change me, transform me, and use me as a display of His awesome power. I want to move out of the way and watch Him work. His best work has been done through the humble, through those with willing hearts and minds. I want to be that to Him. Humble, willing and He will make me able.



Chew on that!