Created for a Purpose
Have you ever considered that God created you and saved you to do a unique work for his Kingdom – a work that only you can do? But trying to be like everyone else or attempting to live up to their expectations in no way enables us to accomplish his purpose for us. Here’s a thought to make you scratch your head: God chooses to need you. Not only that; he wants you.
God’s desire is for all people everywhere to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4). He wants the world to know about his love, mercy, and grace. He wants his Kingdom to permeate the world, reaching every nook and cranny, touching every soul, and turning every heart to him. Intriguingly, he has made his purpose and desire dependent on us. He chose to need us. He uses us as the means to take his Kingdom to the world. The Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20,
God made you his ambassador. He has given you the power to reconcile the greatest travesty of all time, the broken relationship between the created and the Creator. He trusts you to represent him, to reflect his character, to speak on his behalf, to serve on his behalf, and to love on his behalf. Does that fascinate you at all? I barely trust my children enough to do something as menial as cleaning the house before we have guests over. Why? Because it’s a reflection on us – their parents. Yet, the most important task in all the world – reconciling others to God – has been entrusted to someone as broken as me.
Yet, God knew the task he gave me was made just for me, and yours is just for you. There are people you will encounter, connect with, relate to, and minister to more effectively than anyone else. But here’s the catch – the you that God intends to accomplish that purpose, is not the you that’s trying to live up to everyone else’s expectations. It will take a deliverance from the bondage of that thinking and an understanding of who your Creator designed you to be, then believing that his opinion of you is the only one that matters.
My prayer is that you will find freedom from the bondage of living up to others’ expectations and live to be the person God uniquely made you to be.
With much love,
Bryan
God’s desire is for all people everywhere to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4). He wants the world to know about his love, mercy, and grace. He wants his Kingdom to permeate the world, reaching every nook and cranny, touching every soul, and turning every heart to him. Intriguingly, he has made his purpose and desire dependent on us. He chose to need us. He uses us as the means to take his Kingdom to the world. The Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20,
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
God made you his ambassador. He has given you the power to reconcile the greatest travesty of all time, the broken relationship between the created and the Creator. He trusts you to represent him, to reflect his character, to speak on his behalf, to serve on his behalf, and to love on his behalf. Does that fascinate you at all? I barely trust my children enough to do something as menial as cleaning the house before we have guests over. Why? Because it’s a reflection on us – their parents. Yet, the most important task in all the world – reconciling others to God – has been entrusted to someone as broken as me.
Yet, God knew the task he gave me was made just for me, and yours is just for you. There are people you will encounter, connect with, relate to, and minister to more effectively than anyone else. But here’s the catch – the you that God intends to accomplish that purpose, is not the you that’s trying to live up to everyone else’s expectations. It will take a deliverance from the bondage of that thinking and an understanding of who your Creator designed you to be, then believing that his opinion of you is the only one that matters.
My prayer is that you will find freedom from the bondage of living up to others’ expectations and live to be the person God uniquely made you to be.
With much love,
Bryan
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