What God is doing

Over the past few weeks, I have had the wonderful privilege of listening to a series of sermons by the wonderful preacher/teacher Martin Lloyd Jones. I personally consider him to be the best bible exposition preacher I have ever heard - both deep into the Word of God and applying it to the modern human life.

The series was called "Laying the Foundation #1 - God's plan of salvation". I often listened to it in the car amid heavy traffic. It was a pleasant change from the superficial monotony of many of the radio stations, and it even turned my attention away from sports radio!!!

The essence of this great series of 6 sermons asserts again the absolute foundational statement of the Bible: - in the beginning, God ....

Although I wake each day and genuinely hope and try to do my best to live the Gospel and proclaim it through my ministry, the actual point is that all I am, all the good I do, and everything I will leave this life with; it all begins with God and returns to Him. My main job in life as a disciple of Jesus Christ, a bearer of the Holy Spirit, is to have a profound, growing, vibrant spiritual life life through FAITH.

God is not overly impressed by what I do, even though He asks me to do it.
What God is doing is far more important.

So, are you able to discern what GOD is doing, or are your own works being built into an altar that you hope God is blessing? Are you striving for approval, or a faithful recipient of it (it is already fully provided through the death & resurrection ministry of Jesus).