I'd like to do with the rest of my
life if all options were open to me.
I said I'd like to write and oh, you
know, change the world. Above
all, though, I want to please You
and know that You are fulfilling
Your plan through me.
do change the world. You not only walk and talk with the Almighty God; you carry Me with you
wherever you go. I live out through you in ways you are not even aware of most of the time.
Only occasionally will you recognize My power and life flowing through you, but it does flow as a
river of living water because that is the nature of My life. It may at times be rushing and
powerful; it may at times be a peaceful, quiet flow. But wherever My life flows, it does bring life
and change the world.
Changing the world may not mean to influence masses of people or to create a large stir.
In most cases it means to faithfully and quietly plant seed and sometimes see the harvest of just
one life at a time. It means to walk through the ordinary, routine days of your life carrying in
your earthen vessel the power of My resurrection life and releasing My life through love. It
means to pray for those I bring into your circle of life and influence with boldness and
persistence that I may reveal Myself to them and bring them to Myself. It means to serve
everyone with a sincere heart and to stop looking to see if they are serving you. It means to
love all people, but especially those who are a part of My body and to be purposely committed
to them. It means to hear My voice and obey without fear. It means to rejoice in the face of
trial, tragedy, or suffering. It means to give thanks when it seems only reasonable to complain.
It means to live a life of discipline and self-denial in the face of a world gone mad with excess
and an insatiable thirst for the instant gratification of every desire.
These are the things that change the world. Do not look to the size of your sphere of
influence. Look to stay focused on Me, and allow My life to flow through you. Trust Me; the
world will be changed. If you believe in Me, you shall do the works you have seen Me do and
greater works, also. It will cost you everything, but it will be your highest joy and greatest
fulfillment. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may
be made full.
2 Corinthians 4:7-11; John 14:13-14; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; Philippians 2:3-4
John 13:34-35; John 14:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; James 1:2-4; Ephesians 5:20
1 Thessalonians 5:18; Philippians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 16:12, 19-20; Hebrews 12:1-3
John 14:12; Philippians 3:7-14; John 15:11
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