"Go forth and multiply on all the earth"

Good Morning!! I know that its been a while--like a month, whoops! I really do love this blogging thing, but I just wasn't motivated to keep it updated whenever I actually had time to. I've been thinking this morning, I have all of this knowledge and what feels like a TON of resources, what should I do with it?

A lot of my prayers have been looking like this: "Lord, will you bless this, will you bless that, will you give me this, will you give my friend that, will you show me what I should do....etc." Ouch. If I was really listening to God respond to those prayers, He might say something like, "JESS!!! I love you, and there are bigger things you could ask for! I know what you need before you even ask for it! Look at Revelation 7:9, that is what I'm doing in the world!!! Pray and ask me to send more laborers for the harvest, its so PLENTIFUL!!! (Matt. 9:37-38) I've chosen to call you my beloved daughter. Your responsibility is to make me known so that my salvation will reach the ends of the earth (Is. 49:6). As the waters cover the sea, so will the knowledge of my Glory be on all the earth!!! (Hab. 2:14)."

Whoa, I needed to hear that from Him. He believes in me, he believes and purposes to use me to make a difference in the world. Its not so much that I love Him, but HE LOVES me. Its for His glory. So, I was thinking, how can I make Him known and make the biggest impact?

I'll let Paul tell you, "You then, my son, be strong in the grace (humility and graciousness) that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others." 2 Timothy 2:1-2

So all along when Jesus says, "...therefore, go and make disciples of all nations..." I was thinking addition, lets add to our numbers. But that's not what he meant. He meant multiplication to God's kingdom.

I kind of like to visualize it as tossing a stone in water...as the ripples get further away from the place the stone entered the water, the bigger the ripple gets. I want my life to be that stone. For the glory of God. That is what its all about.