My desire

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Psalms 90:17

    When reading my Bible today I came across this verse. One thing that amazes me about our Lord is that he would be willing to use a christian to glorify himself. I just can't quite grasp the consept that the Lord, creator of the universe, would want to use a lowly sinner like me. WOW! What an awesome and merciful God we used.
     When reading this verse, I decided that this is my desire as a christian. To allow the Lord to establish my works. Nothing that I do on my own will truly be satisfying to the Lord, but when I allow him to work in my life, he will mold it into exactly what He would have it to be. At camp, Brother Jenkins was speaking about a silver refiner. When a refiner is working to make his sliver as pure as he can get it, he puts it into the flame. Never taking his eyes off the silver. He recognizes that it is finally finished when he can see his own reflection in it! Wow!! What a wonderful picture of our Lord. He is continually working in our lives and sometimes we must go through the firey trials. In these trials, despite what we may think, God hasn't taken his eyes off of us. He is watching us until that perfect timing when He can see his reflection in our life!
       Isn't it great to know we serve a God who is continually working in us, so that we may be more and more like Him! My desire is not to just simply be a christian, but in any situation that may come, to let the Lord work in my life so that I can be encouraging to others when similiar situations come and most of all to glorify the Lord. I just want to be used by the Lord for what He desires!