The Alabaster Box

I dare say that most people would consider their earthly life precious and of great worth to themselves and others. Some might say to you or to me, "You have gifts and talents in abundance!" (which I must add, for me, is quite debatable) "You could do so much for Jesus! Use your gifts and talents to do good." In our human wisdom and reasoning this would make perfect, logical sense. But I no longer care to live within the framework of human wisdom or reasoning. I want to live in the mind of Christ. I want to break the alabaster box of my life and pour it out in ministry to the Lord....to be found in service to the King...to be found faithfully doing the Father's will. What care I for what mere men may think? Men are but dust and ashes. I want true substance, virtue and truth in my inward parts. I want to hear the Father say, "This is my beloved daughter, in whom I am well pleased."

Nothing - not even my earthly life is more important than that.

Matthew 26:10 "But Jesus, aware of this, (how the disciples felt about Mary's anointing his head with oil) said to them, ""Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me."

Sparrows and Nightingales

The name "nightingale" came from reference in the Oswald Chambers book, If Thou Wilt Be Perfect". "It is only when our lives are hid with Christ in God that we learn how to be silent unto God, not silent about Him, but silent with the strong restful certainty that all is well, behind everything stands God, and the strength of the soul is that it knows it. There are no panics intellectual or moral. What a lot of panicky sparrows we are, the majority of us. We chatter and tweet under God's eaves until we cannot hear His voice at all - until we learn the wonderful life and music of the Lord Jesus telling us that our heavenly Father is the God of the sparrows, and by the marvellous transformation of grace He can turn the sparrows into His nightingales that can sing through every night of sorrow. A sparrow cannot sing through a night of sorrow, and no soul can sing through a night of sorrow unless it has learned to be silent unto God - one look, one thought about my Father in heaven, and it is all right." page 91. His scripture reference is Psalm 46:10. "Be still and know that I am God."

It seems the last thing that children are capable of doing is being still...unless of course, they are asleep. It's the rarest of situations to find children quiet and reflective. It does happens...but not often. For God to look down on his children and find them still and knowing, resting in Him, must bring pleasure to him. I hope it does. Samuel heard the voice of the Lord and mistook it for Eli's. I did not call you Samuel. But God did call Samuel. "Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth." Are you still...are you listening for the voice of the Bridegroom? Do you have enough oil so that your lamp may be lit should he come at night? The nightingale can sing her song all day and all night. Watch and pray.

Lily

Only For the Master

Today is the first day of this blog. It has been created as a way for me to express what the Lord tells me, shows me and instructs me to do. Lily May is not my real name. My 'real' identity will never be divulged here. The reason for that is personal and private. Nor is it important.

Anonymity is such a blessing. There is a freedom to speak what I feel led to speak, do what I feel led to do and not draw attention to 'me'. I want the attention to be on the Lord Jesus Christ and him only. I hope those that find this blog will come away wanting to know Jesus better...wanting to do God's will. Wanting, above all, to be obedient to the heavenly calling that is in Christ Jesus and to found in Him.

My hopes and prayers are for you to learn what it means to deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Jesus. There is no other way of discipleship.

Today could be the first day that you determine to seek the Lord with a whole heart and allow him to cleanse you from all unrighteousness.

Lily