praise & pray for *sensitive* consciences!!

postscript - hope this post doesn't make anyone think i'm "such a goodie-goodie" - in the past i would have thought nothing of this & even thought it OK to take money from banks -- they've got more than enough money anyway~!

but reality is most people working in / for banks are spiritually bankrupt :

if we dont shine the light He's given us, who will?!

Father spoke to me this morning:

"This is what the LORD says: Preserve justice, and do what is right. My salvation is about to come. My righteousness is about to be revealed.
Blessed is the one who does these things [Preserves justice, and does what is right] and the person who holds on to them. Blessed is the one who keeps the day of worship from becoming unholy and his hands from doing anything wrong." Isaiah 56:1,2

-- deposited money from mowing lawns + what i got from selling old CDs to cash converters but as i was walking away smething in me was disturbed.. the figure didn't seem right. at first i thought the lady, Vesna, counted too little money but later on when i did the maths she actually counted too much!
*brilliant*!! i thought to myself :)
after all, this money was going to go towards supporting missions work among those who've NEVER BEFORE HEARD THE GOSPEL in Asia! see www.gfa.org
so i contacted the GFA office to draw the money IMMEDIATELY!! [souls are at stake!]

. . .

but!! Father doesn't need any money from me to get His mission accomplished, definitely NOT any money that was gined through dishonest means!

. . . the rationaliser in me tells me i'm not being "dishonest"; it's her fault in counting wrongly anyway, why not use it for "eternal impact" & much good?!

. . . but my spirit still didn't feel right. "i should go back & tell Vesna to see if they want the money back, at very least it'll be a good testimony to her - i did pass her a gospel tract after all!"
that's what i'm thinking. but now it's the weekend so i wont be able to act on that thought until next week . . . please pray it will be a good testimony to her & cause her to truly consider Christ & come to Him while He may still be found, who transformed this greedy man into a generous giver!

thank God He gives us the joy & privelege of being co-workers with Him in His Kingdom, so WHY would we want to rob ourselves of this joy & privelege anymore than we have already ?? :)
He knows how much i've ripped myself off from this all-surpassing joy in the past through wasting too much time & money on "stuff" that never satisfied & did me no good at all.
just realised much of what i'm suffering now in the way of filthy thoughts is harvesting what i've sowed to indulge my flesh in the past :
pray we have sensitive consciences to live truly blessed lives of doing what's right & good, keeping ourselves from doing wrong!