"Making Memories"

"I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations."
(Psalms 108:3)

 Don't you think it is interesting how God records all the times that you share Him with others? You do know that He does, right? He does not record our transgressions, but He does record our encounters with others on His behalf. Malachi 3:16 makes mention of this, that there is a record kept in heaven of our conversations and testimonies of Him. Our sins are buried at the bottom of the ocean, but our conversations of Him are written down forever in heaven. When I spoke of our need to be offensive, it was the meaning of being actively aggressive and attacking; pushing forward in our campaign against the darkness and all things that want to take us and those we love off the path which God has placed us upon. The opposite of that action would be for a person to be passive; passive people are those that allow or accept what happens to them and what others do, without active response or action. Okay, so maybe a passive person still prays and intercedes, but there is a time to pray and a time to take action; our most common response is that of defense, trying to hold back the powers of darkness, instead of tearing down strongholds and lifting up the name of Jesus. Is that even something we are called to participate in? First of all, the battle is always the Lord's; He is the Captain of Heaven's Armies, but we are His soldiers and He expects us to fight, not for our rights, but for His Kingdom. Our rights in this world are hardly the question; as a matter of fact, if Jesus had been concerned about His rights, then He would not have allowed them to nail Him to the cross. If we are going to be concerned with rights, then let us speak of what is right and overshadow the lies, not just remain quite and not share the truth that we hold in our hearts. These are the things that please God: a heart that wants to share who He is and all that He has done, a love for Him that is willing to speak of how much He loves us, and the ability to make ourselves available for Him to speak through. All of these things and more are the treasures we hold in these earthen vessels; but they are hardly of any use if they remain locked up inside of us...

"If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. You see, we don't go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves." (2 Corinthians 4:3-7) NLT