Daily Devotional: Wednesday, June 5 – Surrender & Seek

“I as soon as thought this stuff have been invaluable, however now I contemplate them nugatory due to what Christ has executed.” – Philippians 3:7 (NLT)

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A number of years in the past, I used to be coaching to play basketball professionally. I had taken a part-time job with a ministry so I might proceed my coaching. Sooner or later as I used to be praying, I requested God a easy query: “Do You even need me to play basketball?” That query began a season of in search of. I had performed basketball my whole life — it was my ardour. I had spent hours engaged on and honing my abilities. I might do something I needed with a ball in my hand, however now I wasn’t certain if this was nonetheless the trail God had for me.

My in search of quickly led me to a 30-day quick. It was an intense time of prayer and denial so I might hear clearly from the Father and make the suitable resolution. As the times drew on, I nonetheless had not obtained a solution. However on the final day of the quick, the title of my day by day devotional was God’s reply to my future and His function.

To this present day, I can not inform you what the devotional was about, however I’ll always remember the title. It was readability from Heaven for me: “Give up your goals and search My will.” I didn’t ask any questions or supply any rebuttals; I merely put my basketball down and picked my Bible up full time.

The apostle Paul mentioned, “I as soon as thought this stuff have been invaluable, however now I contemplate them nugatory due to what Christ has executed” (Philippians 3:7, NLT). What’s God asking you to place down so that you could choose Him up?

— Fleceia Comeaux, Houston Sprint chaplain

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