…What He has called me to be…by His grace…through my temporary suffering…unto His eternal glory…by Jesus.

Sometimes I become discouraged by the lack of evidence of His work in my life.

But I believe He is working. So I claim this blessing for myself:

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you” (1 Peter 5:10).

Wow! God Himself is at work in me, making me that way!

I wonder what kind of perspective this put on the sufferings and persecutions being endured by the original recipients of Peter’s letter.

In about six weeks I am to have a week of meetings in Mexico, presenting my marriage seminar. I have mixed feelings about the matter, with “I don’t want to do this” being the strongest.

Such thoughts were flitting in and out of my consciousness as I got going this morning. Then I got to 1 Peter 4:11 in my reading:

“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”

Then I checked my Spanish Bible to see if it might clarify the first part.

“If anyone speak, speak according to the words of God…” (my translation, of course).

No question — the message of this verse fits my present need.

For Him to be glorified, He must be the source of my words and my service. All the time. Everywhere.