All Out for Him

This is 2012.

By God's grace I will go all out for Him.

I will be a total "God-nerd" because God is the best thing to be nerdy about. 

If people say that I'm doing it for attention, I will strive to be even nerdy-er! 

I will be a true friend to my friends, and be the iron that sharpens them, if need be. 

If people say I'm a hypocrite, I will be an even sharper iron.

I will let Christ's light shine through me  in this dark world, and make sure that everyone can see something different in me.

If people reject me, or laugh at me, or treat me worse as a result, I will strive to tell them even more. 

I will read God's Word every day and tell as many friends as I can what I learned in God's Word as often as I can.

If people say that I'm just doing it to mark it off the checklist, I will strive to read and share even more.

I will not be selfish with my time, and will be ready and willing to help anyone that has any needs. 

If people say that I need to save my time for schoolwork or music practice, and that serving others with my time is for when you're older, I will strive to find more oppertunities to serve, and give up even more of my time. 

I will pray for my friends and acquantences every day, and remind them that I love them and are praying for them.

If people say that I'm doing to to try to prove my spirituality, I'll pray for them even more and love them even more.

I will go out of my way to talk to my friends about their spiritual walk, and help them if I can.

If people say that I can't help disciple Christians because I'm too young, I'll strive to make an even bigger impact in people's lives.

Why? Why would I do this? 

The answer: I want Christ to be the most important thing in my life, and I want others to have that same focus. 

Lord, you are the CREATOR! You made everything and everyone and have a plan for my life!  WOW!  

Lord, despite many hardships and struggles with my own flesh,  will you work through me? Use me for YOUR glory. In the end I want YOU to be lifted high and worshipped and praised. That's all that matters Lord! Help me in my school and my class to be an example of what it means to live for YOU and not myself. Help me to be a good testimony for you when I'm out and about, and that others would see that something's different. That difference is because of who you are and what you've done. Lord, use me to do what YOU want me to do, so that others might be lead to a stronger relationship with you. Thank you that I don't have to work my way into heaven, cuz there's no way I would make it! Thank you for you all sufficient grace, Lord, help others see you and act on what they see. As I head into this new year, help me to rid my vision of distractions, so that you might shine brighter. I ask all these things in Jesus' name, Amen.  

JAT (High School Sophomore)