What Matters

Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:12, NLT).

A young man from our community, only twenty-years-old, is fighting for his life after being injured this past weekend. Paralysis has inhibited the ability to breathe and move his body. A miracle is needed.

Little details of life often seem insurmountable until something horrific occurs. Crisis renews clarity creating a connection with what matters. The challenge is to become aware of what matters in the routine of daily living.

The Apostle Paul clearly communicated that what matters for Christ followers is to be a part of the body of Christ and to do His work. Each part of the body of Christ is to be equipped (prepared) to employ their uniqueness to reach out to others. In other words, Christ-followers are to actively pursue what God has called them to do and encourage other parts of the Body to do the same. Accordingly, what matters will be accomplished.

Determine what matters.
Seek the guidance of God to actively pursue what matters.
Surrender to the presence and power of the Spirit of Christ to do what matters.
Celebrate the guidance and power that Christ gives to His body to accomplish what matters.
Pray for each part of the body of Christ to do their part of what matters.
Do what matters.

Learning with you to do what matters,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2007 All Rights Reserved)