Show Him Off

An old friend of mine from back when I lived in Texas - Isaac Wimberley - had this quote posted on facebook today (which is now on mine) and it has instantly ignited a passion and excitement in my heart upon reading it:

"See your money, your singleness, marriage, talents, your time,
They were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is divine."

I think the main reason is because it represents everything God has been doing in my heart this past year, all wrapped tightly in a nice little catchy, rhyming phrase. :) Perfect. The main word is "Loaned" that is so striking, convicting, sometimes hard to muster...at least for me anyway. How often do you hear the phrase, "Oh girl you DESERVE that!" or walk through your days feeling entitled to something? Lately I've become quick to notice when I use the word "Deserve" and have tried to eliminate it from my thoughts and words. Truth is, we are not deserving of a THING. It's the basis of Christianity. We're rotten, evil little creatures who by the grace of God, have the opportunity to be servants of Christ and thus be made HOLY.
Jesus tells his disciples, "you wanna be like Me? Then serve."

So through showing the world the divinity of Christ with what He has entrusted us, the challenging questions become:

"How am I serving God though my marriage and thus showing Him to those around me?"
"How am I using my talents to serve Him and bring glory to His name?"

And the hardest one, it seems:

"How am I using my money to show the world that Christ is DIVINE?"
A thought that came to me a few weeks ago on this subject was that, when we spend money, you get something in return for it, right? It buys something, thus makes a gain...

So a question I was convicted of for myself that has started helping me in my decisions of how to spend my money is:
"With each dollar I spend, am I gaining more of Christ or more of the world???"

Just some thoughts.