"LORD, What do YOU want me to do?"

Black seeds without beauty
(J.R. Miller)

"FATHER, if it is YOUR will, take this 
cup away from ME; nevertheless not 
MY will, but YOURS, be done." Luke 22:42

"LORD, what do YOU want 
me to do?" Acts 9:6

The first condition of consecration, 
must always be entire readiness 
to accept GOD'S will for our life. 
It is not enough to be willing to do 
Christian work. There are many 
people who are quite ready to do 
certain things in the service of 
CHRIST, who are not ready to do 
anything HE might want them to do. 

GOD does not send us two 
classes of providences--
one good, and one evil. 
All are good. Affliction is 
GOD'S goodness in the seed. 

It takes time for a seed to grow 
and to  develop into fruitfulness. 
Many of the best things of our lives--
come to us first as pain, suffering, 
earthly loss or disappointment--
black seeds without beauty--
but afterward they grow into 
the rich harvest of righteousness!

"No discipline seems pleasant 
at the time, but painful. Later on, 
however, it produces a harvest 
of righteousness and peace for 
those who have been trained by it." 
Hebrews 12:11 

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