Moving from knowing something to believing it is huge. I have known and heard over and over that God will use all things to His honor and glory. Scripture doesn’t say that He causes all things, but that He will use them. In my earlier years I couldn’t do anything with this because I couldn’t let myself go the place where God might USE my past. I had too much to risk I thought. Yet, God just never stopped nudging me to take the risk.

Last night at choir practice I had a board member who sings in the choir come to me. I had recently written a semi-annual board report on our counseling ministry. This board member was pleased, but also thought I was doing too much and she didn’t want me to burn out. All I could tell her is that the honor of using one’s past for God’s glory never seems to squelch energy. In fact, it does quite the opposite.

I do know my limits pretty well. I can tell when enough is enough. God’s Spirit guides in this arena too. There is just never a moment when gratitude for God’s miracle of taking what one knows and turning it into genuine BELIEF isn’t energizing. It does the opposite of burn-out. I truly believe that burn-out is when man is doing man’s wants rather than God’s wants. God is just too GOOD!