Successful....

So this morning while praying, I said something that God pointed out to me as being the wrong thought process.....

Successful service... What is successful service?
To often I think we compare the "success" we are having in our service to God with others around us. Sure we may seem to be more "successful" than others and less "successful" then others depending on who we compare ourselves too.

For example, I used to run a bus route. For too long I looked at my route and what I was accomplishing as a failure because I was not bringing in the numbers so many other routes were. I looked at my being a leader of the route as a failure because I was not being the Godly example I should have been for my fellow workers.
Here in lays the error of that thinking. God has called us to serve. He did not call us to have a certian number to be concidered successful, He just asked us to serve in some area. This I think gets missed by so many people. I know that I for one missed it often. I may have been told by others that God was not looking for the numbers, but some of us look at the success around us and still look at our "success" as not being such.

Honstly, successful service happens as soon as you accept the task that God has given you and you start working in that area. The "increase" in numbers (such as on a bus route) are up to the Lord. I will be honest, I have been struggling with it a little because as I have been door knocking, I have not seen the "success" of signing up new riders. This is up to God. He may never want me to sign up new riders but to do nothing more than knock on doors and hand out tracts. It's His call.
   This is a liberating thought. I serve and He brings the results that He wants..... NOT me. There is no pressure then in my life to accomplish anything for Him. I just go where He wants me to go. Follow the promptings He gives me. I am then successful..... COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL.

Laterz...

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