Last night I attended a meeting where a video was shown with Andy Stanley..
He asked the questions, "Who are You?" and "What breaks your heart?" as leading questions, thinking questions and summary questions....he just kept asking them....probing our heart and souls, helping us to define where we are in life...are we sitting on the sidelines watching the world go by or are we doing what God calls us to do, be it taking care of others, praying diligently, walking the paths to foreign service, working with teens, the elderly, the unsaved...what breaks our hearts and what are we doing about it???
Nehemiah was broken hearted upon hearing about his homeland, he prayed, ending with, "I am a cupbearer "... No sense that he would be the one sent to help rebuild the walls and lead...
Ezra called to rebuild the people to God
John called to restore and call to repentance, announce Jesus...
Mary, broken, used the oil with tears...
Paul called to go to the Gentiles .....
Each broken, used .....
Another question asked by Andy Stanley's wife....."many years from now, what would people line up to thank you for?"....
This one is a gut wrencher....this one a reminder of one of my husband's favorite songs, one which we had at each memorial ..."thank you for giving to the Lord"...
Not that we seek man's glory, but am I or are we doing that for which we are called? What breaks our hearts enough that we will something about it??? Am I fulfilling the task that God put me here for? Or am I avoiding it? Putting it on the back burner? Not listening, covering my ears??
Thank YOU...help me ask each day, what am supposed to do for YOU?
Nehemiah 1:1-11 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said:“Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses. “Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’ “They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.”I was cupbearer to the king.
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