Exploits of our Own About God's Work

I have enjoyed from time to time reading the stories of others who served the Lord. However, let's not let our only stories be those of others.

If we seek the Holy Spirit and obey Him we will have our own stories to tell.

Sometimes basking in the glow of someone else's stories satisfies too much, meaning it keeps us from hearing from God for our own lives.

There is such a thing as vicariously living out our lives through the exploits of others. Never allow the stories of others to keep us from our own exploits for God.

Ephesians 5:1-33

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

We are not to imitate men, but we are to imitate Christ. When we obey Him we will have our own stories to tell the encourage others.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

"And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers."