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At congress, Commissioner Don Bell said, “Our faith and our service must not be based upon what God has or hasn’t done for us but on His character” and than he shared, other wise circumstances will determine our faith and service to God rather then a life lived fully in God.

A string of sunny days in Wellington totally theraputic:

I’ve been thoroughly challenged by those words. I find it extraordinary how the weather affects my moods, my service, this is nothing new it’s a proven fact. An unkind word, a disappointment or a smidgen of road rage when I start my day can spoil my day. Are these the circumstances Commissioner Don Bell could be referring to among other things?

Like why is it that what is external and outside of my control can have such an indelible

impact on me. Is it because I have not yet learnt the gift that Paul spoke of in Phillipians

4:11  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,  therein to be content.

I’m an emotional person, my family say I always wear my feelings on my sleeve, and to a degree I’ve learnt to accept it, because no matter how I try to hide my sleeve like a well trained cuff it soon rides down to reveal a little of itself.  

Or could it be that my personality is so easily swayed by outside influences because of the way God wired me. Do I need to learn to trust more upon Gods character and to trust in the way he has made me? I’ve learnt to accept the way I am because God has a greater purpose; I figure there’s a whole lot of strengths in this and God wants to take all there is of me.

Is learning to be content reaching a place of self-acceptance while still expecting the Fruit of the Spirit to shape me into Gods perfect vessel safe in the knowledge that I’m made like this because its Gods purpose for me. 

• I’ll reach some that others won’t,
• I’ll do some amazing things that others can’t, because they are not me. 

Holiness is the Fruit flourishing in our lives for all to see. It’s also God taking the best of us and the worst of us-mistakes and all, and making us into something far more transformational, far more attractive than we would otherwise be. What Paul says; “This treasure in vessels of clay.”