Become the Vessel God can use for Holy Moments

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.” Phil 2:13-15

Asking

for the Holy Moment

Asking to be a holy moment means letting Jesus shine in the moment, not you. Invite Jesus to enter your world through holy moments anytime He wishes. His spirit in you will make you desire to be a holy moment, even when it seems scary or too costly.

I was at the gym the other day and asked Jesus to let me see and be a holy moment. I was halfway through my workout when I saw Bob. I had met Bob a couple weeks ago and learned about his wife’s heart issue. I asked him how he was doing, and he told me he was really feeling the arthritis today. I asked if I could pray for him right here right now. He looked a little surprised but said yes. I prayed a simple prayer that his pain would diminish, and that he would know God’s peace and strength. It took only a moment, but it was the holy moment I was asking for. God flowed around us and between us, and Bob left the moment a better man, closer to God. This is the holy moment movement I am praying for! It is a movement where everyday people encounter a holy, powerful, loving, and intimate God who is always working in and around them. No seminary degree needed, no mysterious inner circle experience, or holiness movement degree needed.

We were made for community. Solitary confinement is a punishment, not a lifestyle.

Some personalities embrace community more easily than others, but God is calling us all to rescue each other from isolation despite the potential discomfort. Past unresolved life traumas can cause us to build walls around our hearts to protect us from future trauma and pain. This closes us off to the holy moments and good works God has planned for us to do. Be brave, pull the walls down, take the risk to care about the people around you again. I promise you it will be risky but blessed by Jesus.

How can you go from self-focused moments to other focused moments? Pray Eph 2:10 daily

Ask Jesus to make you desire the holy moments He wants to bring you into with Him.

Become sensitive to the moments around you

Sarah Grace is a young lady who is looking for holy moments. She finds them on plane flights, luncheon places, school libraries, and more. When she hears about a need she jumps into action and serves. She doesn’t force herself on people, she just asks Jesus to point her to the holy moment He has prepared for her. She is asking God if each moment of her life could be a holy moment. He is responding to her request with more holy moments than most people will ever experience.

Yes, I know what you’re thinking.  Sarah Grace is young, unattached, with no kids or husband or job to distract her from pursuing holy moments. It is true that as we age, we enter different seasons of life that require us to pay attention to other things and the new rhythms of life. The paradigm shift I am introducing is that it doesn’t matter what stage of life you are in, you can become a holy moment participant all day long no matter what stage of life you happen to be in at this time in your life.

It begins with a desire to do more than just drift through life, doing what is expected, meeting your obligations, and reserving some ‘ME time’ to recover from all the stress and strain of life. Eternity is happening all around you! God is inviting you to the good works He has already planned for you to do! This will not be difficult once you surrender your plans and take up the call to see and be a holy moment today. Remember a holy moment is when

God’s presence achieves God’s purpose for God’s glory and man’s benefit. 

It is all about Jesus. All you need to do is ask him to show you the holy moment that is happening right in front of you. It may be texting that verse, or calling that friend, or praying over your child, or singing a worship song loudly in the car, or exchanging 30 minutes of media for 30 minutes of reading spiritual material. Each of those moments becomes holy as you connect with Jesus and experience His presence and power in the moment. If you are available, He will make you able!

Out of you will flow living water

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’.” Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Jesus in you is the source of the holy moment. It isn’t based on you, your strength, your emotional condition, or your “have it all together” performance faith. The holy moments flow out of you as you surrender to the Spirit’s presence in you.

You are already indwelt by the Holy Spirit. It happened when you surrendered your life to God and invited Jesus to be your Lord and Savior. We are not able to connect with God and experience Him intimately apart from His presence in us. This miraculous mystery sets Christianity apart from any other religion or faith in the world.

You actually contain the presence of the creator of the universe in your soul. Now that you are spirit filled (This happens once in a believer’s life) the challenge is to become spirit led for the rest of your life. Spirit led people are, well, led by the spirit. “How do I live a spirit led life?” you may ask. The simple answer is to first recognize that Jesus is in you. Ephesians 1:13-14 says you were sealed with His spirit when you believed. You may have strayed a lot since then, but He is still there and will always be there. A personal, powerful experience with Jesus is just one breath away.

The next thing to do is ask Jesus to guide you daily through His word, His Spirit, the people around you, and the circumstances in your life. If you commit to read the word, ask the spirit to guide your life, then start observing the people and circumstances in your life, you will begin to see and be holy moments daily.

Remember this doesn’t mean you have to start engaging people out of nowhere on the street or share the gospel with every shopper in the grocery checkout line. Some people are called to do that, and they should obey that calling. Just ask Jesus to show you the good works He has prepared for you, leveraging your personality, your gift mix, your passion and your current relationships. The holy moments that come to you will always be in line with the spiritual and physical gifts God has given you, and what Jesus is personally doing in you today. Some of that will change through the years as the seasons of life allow for other acts of service to surface. The holy spirit desires to flow out of you like living water. The challenge is to make sure there is nothing blocking the flow.

Becoming a holy vessel

“Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.”

2 Timothy 2:20-21.

Some believers wonder why God never uses them for His work. They feel blind to the holy moments surrounding them, and often miss the good works God has prepared for them to walk in. They hear about holy moment stories from their church friends and family, but they can’t share their own moments because there are none. They aren’t overtly sinning and committing heinous acts of unholiness, they are just in a holding pattern with their faith. They may not realize that their lifestyle and daily decisions are opposed to God’s will for their lives. They are living a practical humanist life, even though they have the eternal divine spark of holiness abiding in them. Their thoughts are on their plans, their significance, their fears, their pain, their personal comfort, their opportunities for greatness, their obstacles to overcome, and more. They are born again believers, but they are committed to creating their world in their image and are resistant to any thought that takes them away from their quest for self fulfilment, self-protection, or self-realization (emphasis on SELF). They are spirit filled, but not spirit led. They have become a vessel of wood and clay, not fit to represent the holiness of God to a lost and dying world.

I have been one of those clay vessels in the past. I have served in full time ministry, and I have been blessed to have built a medical device company from the ground up. I have seen God do miracles during revival where I have seen Satan defeated and sent running for cover. Then there were the years when I was more focused on achieving my goals than listening for and following the master’s voice. I wasn’t living in sin overtly, but I was committed to building my kingdom instead of God’s.  Those years resulted in me hitting the pause button on my faith experience. I was living a church centered, Christian performance lifestyle, but it was a less powerful spiritual experience, with a bunch of good looking, Christian sounding works that were contained in my clay and wood vessel. The only cure for me was the severe mercy of God, breaking me of my prideful, selfish grip on my life, and inviting me back to the joy of surrender and dependance on Jesus for my daily bread and my daily life. The result of this severe mercy taught me to focus less on myself and more on pursuing and obeying my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Severe mercy can be defined as the time God seemingly hurts you in order to reclaim you for His own. It is a painful time of loss, but only loss of the things keeping you from knowing Jesus better, more intimately. The best-known biblical reference of severe mercy was Job. I have never suffered pain and loss as much as Job did, but I have felt the severe mercy of God on my life.   My suffering exposed my deceived belief that I could manage my life apart from the daily influence and presence of Jesus and His Holy Spirit abiding in me. I began making choices that moved me towards holiness and holy living, and away from all the spiritually neutral or potentially negative activities that I was pursuing. Surrender became the theme of my life.  I had to make sacrifices in every area of my life, and it did not happen overnight. I made one surrender decision at a time and trusted in Jesus to give me the strength and wisdom to surrender my entire will to His, believing that surrender would lead to the best life I could ever experience.

The result was that I could pursue Jesus more, see Him more, experience Him more, and desire Him more. I began to ask for and see the good works He had prepared for me, and I was anxious to do them to His glory. The holy moment movement began in my life once again.

God wants to use us as gold and silver vessels, shining brightly for His glory and His purpose. How can we become those shining vessels for His good works? Here is a simple set of actions you can take each time you step away from God’s will for you (sin) and desire to be in right relationship to Him again (restoration)

Confess, Repent, Commit, and Walk.

How do we respond when God disciplines us in order to free us and empower us to see and be a holy moment. The process starts when the holy spirit convicts us of a sin or attitude that is not in line with God’s will for our lives. Our response needs to be the following.

Confess- 1 John 1:9-10 here. This is the moment we are aware of our sin and agree with God that our behavior is not His will for our lives. We agree that what we did, thought, or said was wrong, and we don’t try to wiggle out of it. Jesus may help you become aware of your sin through His word, His people, His spirit, or the situation you are in. Sometimes this stage includes the severe mercy of God. My encouragement is to respond before that happens. Don’t let time go by here. As an old southern preacher used to say, “As far as sin is concerned, I fess ‘em as I does ‘em!” Keep short accounts with God. Confess your sin you experienced today right now, acknowledge it was wrong and admit that to Jesus right now. State the specific sin here to Jesus. A simple “I’m sorry” doesn’t work here. The confession is for your benefit, God already knows what you did when you chose independence over His plan for your life. When you name the sin and confess that it was your choice for independence over surrender to Jesus, you experience regret over the act, with no defense or justification.

Repent- This is where we change direction, make changes, learn lessons, and decide to turn away from sin and towards pursuing Jesus and His righteousness. Repentance happens when you drive a stake in the ground and say “Enough, this will not continue!” Say it with passion and conviction. Repentance can be an emotional event or just a quiet surrender to the gentle nudging of the Holy Spirit. The key here is to respond to the moment in surrender. Once you do you will be able to claim 1 John 1:7-10

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Don’t allow the enemy to trip you up here. Once you confess your sin to Jesus, you activate a spiritual principle that is true, even if you can’t feel it at the time. You have been forgiven, cleansed, and restored. This happens instantly, even if the sin you are confessing happened years ago. Jesus is always willing and able to forgive and release you from the yoke your sins.

Some churches teach that a Christ follower needs to confess sin daily to maintain their salvation. This is not biblical! Your sins were forgiven in full at the cross. Confession allows you to restore a right relationship with God and move forward in humility and thankfulness.

Commit- This is where we take action. Reject condemnation here, as it is a lie from the enemy intended to freeze you in your tracks of regret, shame, and hopelessness. Embrace conviction, because it calls you to a better way of living, and you are motivated to do what it takes to pursue Jesus with renewed power and surrender. This is where you set boundaries, invite a close friend to act as an accountability partner, create strategies, and make plans to live out the holy moment lifestyle Jesus is inviting you to. Nothing complicated here, just read the book of Colossians and live it out in obedience. That will be a great place to start. Here is a sample of what you will find in Colossians in the third chapter. Imagine what could happen in your life if you just focused on this small part of scripture this month.

Put On the New Self

“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

If you commit to focus on these instructions and ask Jesus for the power to do them, you will become a transformed vessel of gold and silver, available to the master for all kinds of good works.

 Now you are back in the saddle, ready to live out Ephesians 2:9-10. Now you can walk in the good works God has prepared for you to walk in. Now you can look for, see, and experience the holy moments around you. Now you can live the life you were created to live to the glory of God. Now the abundant life Jesus promised to those who would follow Him and pursue him daily is yours.

One final thought. Apply this process to your life daily, not just after a life changing experience. We need to be actively pursuing Jesus daily, seeking Him in holiness and learning from Him through His word, His spirit, His people, and the circumstances around us. Commit to developing a lifestyle of holiness (not a perfect life but a life set apart), and confess your sins as they happen, not just on Sunday or when you are broken by the weight of them. Keep short records of your sins and confess them as they happen. I had to ask forgiveness in the car today and ask Jesus to uncover the reason why I just acted so aggressive towards an innocent but unsafe driver. God revealed that I was allowing anxiety to cloud my emotions and lead me to fearful thoughts. I confessed my tendency to allow the brokenness around me to lead me to stop trusting and depending on Jesus every minute.  This commitment to confess your sins daily as you experience them keeps your heart humble and open to the gentle and powerful influence of the Holy Spirit abiding in you.  Jesus invites us to a life of freedom and joy, not a life of sin, consequences, regret, and self-condemnation. Use this four-step process regularly in your life, and you will be that broken but holy (set apart) vessel that God will use for His holy moments.

This is how we position ourselves to become holy moment people. We surrender to Jesus and commit to live a holy, separated life, one that actively resists sin and a sinful culture. We now choose to think holy thoughts, read holy words, sing holy songs, speak holy truths (from the bible), and stay close to Jesus so He can pour His Spirit out of us into the broken world we live in.

In the world but not of it

This will necessitate that we separate from the world in some ways. God teaches us that we are in the world, and we shouldn’t try to run and hide from the world around us. God also challenges us to be in the world but not be of the world. The subtle word change is profound. To be of the world is to be a part of the culture, committed to the culture, knowledgeable of the culture, giving our time, talents, and energy to the culture around us.

2Corinthians 6:14-18 states it best.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,

and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord,

and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,

says the Lord Almighty.”

This is not about holiness performance or perfection; it is about committing  our heart focus and our surrender to Jesus more and more each day. He can take you where you are right now and begin the process of sanctification in you today.

This decision will separate you from the world. You will be in the world but not of the world. You may lose some friends and maybe lose some opportunities professionally. You will not be invited to the latest rave, or the local sex party, or the seemingly attractive cultural extravaganza. You will be looked at by your culture as out of step, socially awkward, and culturally unacceptable. But you will be invited by your Savior to experience holy moments where people are blessed by God and transformed by His love flowing out of you into their lives. You will be empowered by the Holy Spirit in you to change the world around you. In other words. You will be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:1-3). You will walk in wisdom and protection. People around you will watch your life and decide that there is something genuine and relevant, something they want to know more about. Look out, here comes a holy moment!

So how do you experience this holy moment God has prepared for you?

1.     Step into the moment dependent on Jesus.

Remember the Holy Moment is when God’s power (not yours) achieves God’s purpose (not yours) for God’s glory (not yours) and man’s benefit (yours).

The holy moment is dependent on Jesus, not you.

The holy moment is empowered by Jesus in you, not your own strength.

The holy moment should bring attention to God, not you.

The holy moment has a supernatural effect and eternal impact that is not always immediately understood or seen.

The holy moment may require a spiritual power you don’t think you have. Trust Jesus to empower you for the moment. You will be amazed by what He can do through one surrendered believer. Remember, Jesus had this moment planned for you all along.

You will also need to be prepared to face some resistance. The enemy hates holy moments but is powerless to stop them. All Satan can do is try to tell you lies about your ability and potential to do the good work God is calling you to. Once you launch into the holy moment in faith and obedience, the enemy flees the area (because it is holy) and prowls around somewhere else.

2.     Enjoy the moment as it unfolds.

This is Christ in you, what a blessing it is to be used by Him! You will probably be thanking Jesus during the holy moment because it is so cool to be involved in something supernatural and spiritually powerful. The Holy Spirit is flowing out of you and impacting others in the spiritual realm. You are yoked to Jesus and His redemptive plan in the moment, and it is a thrill to know He just used you for His purpose!

3.     Be prepared to give something or sacrifice something.

The holy moment will most likely require a sacrifice of some kind. It may be time, money, your schedule, or your plans. The sacrifice may seem relatively small as you faithfully obey and prefer others above yourself. Some people have made this their lifestyle as they look for ways to give and serve others in holy moments for the rest of their lives. Their reward is in the lives they touch, and it truly is a wonderful life!

4.     Be ready for the next moment prepared for you

When a believer engages in a holy moment with Jesus, He rewards the moment with more moments. Jesus loves to be yoked with you and present you with the holy moments He has prepared for you. Once He sees your desire to be a holy moment for Him, He will offer more and more of them for you to walk in. This is the truly abundant life He promised us as we see holy moments all around us and bring glory to God as we walk in them.

Matt 5:16 is a great reminder of the reason why God has created good works for us to walk in. This world is broken, weary, and in pain. Life is hard this side of heaven, and many people stumble along in the darkness of their sinful separated lives. God loves them all, and desires to send them a holy moment through you and me. Here is what He knows will happen when you step into that holy moment with Him.

 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

Oswald Chamber made a statement that is very relevant here.

My personal life may be crowded with small, petty happenings, altogether insignificant. But if I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life (Holy Moments), they become pinholes through which I see the face of God. Then, when I stand face to face with God, I will discover that through my obedience (Holy Moments) thousands were blessed.

Now that your eyes are open to the holy moments God has planned for you, go in joyful anticipation of what He has planned for you today.

Galatians 5:16-26- Living the spiritual gifts in holy moments

This section of Galatians contrasts the life of flesh with the life of spirit. Paul was writing to newly converted believers who lived in a corrupt and sinful culture with lost people enslaved by their lust and desire. Verses 16 -17 the 19-20 list the results of living a self-focused life.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. (holy moments!) Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Then Paul lists the fruit of the spirit they had living in them. Verse 18 then verses 22-25.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Notice Paul says we are to walk by the spirit. This is an active, daily experience we are to have. This is the challenge for us as redeemed Christ followers, because we live in a world that is calling us away to self-indulgence and all the works of the flesh listed above. Paul reminds us that this is the way we used to walk before we were transformed by Jesus. To be redeemed and renewed means we have been given a new nature. 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 tells us.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

As new creatures with a new nature, Jesus is calling us to be led by HIS spirit. The word led is the Greek word ‘ago’, meaning to bear, bring, carry, lead. It is the spirit who is carrying us, leading us, bringing us along. Are you willing to be led by the spirit? The result will be walking in the spirit, which will produce the fruit of the spirit in you daily. Imagine the holy moments created by people who choose to walk in the spirit daily. Look at these fruits!

Love; Joy; Peace; Patience; Goodness; Kindness; Kindness; Gentleness;

 A fruit is something people eat. Spiritual fruit is not only produced for personal consumption, but also for others to take! This is a renewable resource, created and recreated by the Holy Spirit to be experienced by the people in your sphere of influence. Once again, I am encouraged and motivated by the thought that these fruits are produced by the Spirit without my strength, and they are created to be given to the people around me, constantly being renewed by the Spirit who created them. Who needs a little peace? You have it. How about some Joy? You can offer this to those who need it. Faithfulness?  You can be there for them.  Whatever the holy moment requires God will produce it through you to bring benefit to man and glory (a holy focus on God) to God. 

This doesn’t mean that you will always feel peace when you offer it to somebody. You may be in turmoil yourself, engaged in a quagmire of misunderstanding confusion and slander. The holy moment you are invited to will produce the peace the person needs; you just need to be present to watch God do His thing through you. Hard to believe? I agree. God has called me to be a holy moment in the midst of many calamities. During those times of chaos in my life, the last thing I thought I could be was a holy moment to somebody else. That was what made it so special. It was God’s presence achieving God’s purpose for God’s glory and the person’s benefit. I was just along for the ride. My situation hadn’t changed by the end of the encounter, but I was changed. I experienced the power and presence of God in the holy moment meant to bless somebody else. That is the economy God. If I am willing to show up, He will do the supernatural and we will all be blessed!

You may hesitate and say “That Holy Spirit stuff scares me. I’m afraid I’ll get taken over and lose control, maybe embarrass myself as I’ve seen others embarrass themselves with a holy spirit experience.”

I understand your concern. Sometimes people who are pursuing Jesus and His spirit confuse emotional experience with spiritual maturity. They get caught up in the holy spirit moment and allow emotion to spill over in public. This is not a bad thing, it’s just what happens when a young believer encounters the power and presence of God.  Some people wrongly look at this as a badge of honor and become prideful. Others see it as a genuine response a human might have as they encounter the holy presence of God for the first time. King David embarrassed his wife when he got caught up in the celebration of the Ark of the Covenant being paraded into the city. Some people are comfortable with their emotional experiences, and others are not. We should never judge a person based on how they respond when they are experiencing the presence of God. Don’t demand a person celebrate Jesus the way you do or the way the worship team does. We should all be focused on Jesus not each other during those holy moments.

So, if you are ok with it, I want to challenge you to take a step towards spirit led living. God will never take you where you don’t want to go, that is Satan’s specialty. God may call you to places you are uncertain about, places you didn’t think of going to, or places you never saw yourself going. You can say no or yes to His invitations. I suggest you say yes, every time!  Once you do, His spirit will flow out of you like holy water, impacting everyone around you with the fruit of the spirit. The Holy Spirit produces the fruit, and the Holy Spirit is in you. All you have to do is allow Him to flow out of you to others. Ask Him to do this today, and watch the holy moments begin!

Pray this prayer daily as you start your day.

Dear Jesus, thank you for giving me this eternal relationship with you. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for abiding in me. I know you want to flow out of me, but I have been too busy, too selfish, too

 (you fill it in) to let it happen. Today I’m asking you to have your way in my life. Forgive me for living my for myself instead of surrendering my life to you. Use me today to see and be holy moments for the people around me. Be glorified in my life today. Show me the good works you have prepared for me and empower me to do those works for your glory. I walk today in anticipation of what you will do in me and through me.