I'm Adjusted!

I truly feel adjusted in my life now. Christ has changed me! I like the word "adjusted" better than perfect, for I have a long way to go to come close to that. But adjusted, yes, that I feel now. It is easy to be adjusted, for once Jesus is in control, the fruits of the Spirit flow within you, as written in Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, Galatians 5:23 meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And what is also so important is what is written in Galatians 5:25-26 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.

So as I read this devotional it brought to mind that though Christ my life is now adjusted to His, for He is my life-work now.

"Make you perfect in every good work" (Heb. xiii. 21).

[A devotional by A. B. Simpson]

[In that beautiful prayer at the close of the Epistle to the Hebrews, "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will," the phrase, "make you perfect in every good work," literally means, it is said, "adjust you in every good work." It is a great thing to be adjusted, adjusted to our surroundings and circumstances rather than trying to have them adjusted to us, adjusted to the people we are thrown with, adjusted to the work God has for us, and not trying to get God to help us to do our work; adjusted to do the very will and plan of God for us in our whole life. This is the secret of rest, power and freedom in our life-work.

"Oh, fill me with Thy fulness, Lord.
Until my very heart o'erflow
In kindling thought and glowing word,
Thy love to tell, Thy praise to show.

Oh, use me, Lord, use even me,
Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where;
Until Thy blessed face I see,
Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share."]

God's Tool Chest

God has a special tool chest,
that He uses from up above.
Each tool of His is special,
designed through His wonderful love.

Each tool has a name,
the same given to you and me.
Each one has a special purpose,
to accomplish His will, obediently.

Each earthly tool has a mission
and how important it is.
We were created to complete God's work,
because all the glory is His.

So thank You Lord for choosing me,
and may all others see it too,
just how important it is to be
a divine, living tool for You!

E. P. Shagott
2/26/10

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott