This morning I asked the Lord, “What must I do? How much more can I take?
What more must I do for Your name's sake? I'm running this race to get closer to You.
But, my God, I can't believe the things I go through.

The stress and struggles of this thing called life. Will I marry and be in Your will?
Will I need to go back to school? Am I even in the right profession or just
stuck in a rut? Did I mail off that payment? Did I do the right thing? Did I say the right
thing? I know I'm forgetting something. What More Must I Do?

We have rehearsal tonight? But, I have other plans. Help the needy and greedy? Lord,
I've only got two hands. "There's Bible Study on Wednesday and Soul Winning on Thursday.
I am practically at Church from Sunday to Sunday. You've burned me like coals in a fire, the
flames are so hot there is nothing more to desire. "My old friends are gone and some family
members too. You've got my attention, now what more must I do?

Dedicate my whole being to focus on You? Put aside my plans and desires and give what
is due? "Should I think of You each second and meditate in Your Word each day? Should
I fast and pray and watch what I say? Should I be humble and obedient and forget about
myself? Shall I, Your vessel, just sit here on a shelf? "Waiting to be used by You, is that my
only goal to pursue? Have You the rights to my spirit and the papers to my soul? Are pray
harder, listen better, study more, and sin less all that I must do?"

After all this, my God silenced me, as I felt Him place His hands on my shoulders... "Yes,
my child, whatever I command, you should do without delay. You must study My Words and
walk My Way. "I will cleanse you from all you have done to yourself. For you know not the
time, that I will pull you from the shelf. Like a glass that is dirty, with smudges and spots.
You must be presentable, having minimal blots. "For My Living Water must be sweet to the
taste. Therefore, I must prepare my container in which it is placed. Your life is not yours,
it belongs to Me. I knew you before you knew, now I want you to see why you belong to
Me. "Your true purpose in life is based on My plans. So, I'll mold you and shape you with My
very own hands.

Yes, pain you have felt and life you have loss, but it's not as though I asked you to carry the Cross.
Who has stretched you wide and speared you deep? Who has died that your soul may keep? Did
I ask You to take the nails in your hands and the spear in your side? Are there stripes on your back
and bruises on your face? Did I ask you to adorn a crown of thorns upon your head? My Son wore
that crown, He took the nails, He paid the price, He gave His life to give you a new life. Now, all
I'm asking is for My glory, just tell the story. Tell them where you were when you accepted the Good
News. How you came to know that My Son paid your dues.

So, yes, you owe Me. But your life is not on the line, as a matter of fact, you're only giving Me back,
what's already Mine. "Just do what you must do and give it your best. Don't worry, have faith and
I'll take care of the rest. You must My dear child, if you want to be free. Free from the powers and
bondage of sin. Free from your burdens and cares from within. Free to live eternally with Me where
there is no end. It's a small price to pay to live for Me each day, but I promise to never leave you, close
by you I will stay.

Then He asked if I understood.
And I humbly replied . . . Yes, Lord, I will do what I must do."

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” -Proverbs 3:5,6.