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What Are Your Purposes?

“I have appeared unto thee for this purpose.” (Acts 26:16)

I often speak of our purposes in life. I prefer the word “purposes” to the word “plan.” The idea that God has a plan for my life lends itself to a “God is in control” mentality that assumes that we are puppets.

People who feel they have missed God’s plan must often deal with guilt and despair. If I missed Plan A, then I must settle for Plan B. What if I messed up and missed Plan B? Some of us might be on Plan L, M or N by now. That isn’t very comforting.

I prefer to speak of God’s purposes for our lives because a purpose is something born in you by the Spirit of God. It doesn’t change. It can sit idle for years or even decades, but once we plug in to true fellowship with God, our purposes springs to life. We can lose time due to our mistakes, but we will never lose our purposes.

I don’t believe that God is as concerned about where we are as much as who we are. It is the “who” that determines the “what” and “where” of our lives.

I am a teacher. That has been one of my purposes from the moment I was born again. However, I didn’t know this for many years. I was more concerned about where I should be ministering than I was about who I was in Christ. A teacher will teach no matter where they are. Who we are in Christ will adapt to the surroundings and circumstances. Our purposes will come to the surface sooner or later. I will teach in some form or fashion wherever I am. It is one of my purposes.

We are all purposed to be godly spouses, parents, employees and citizens. We are all purposed to be a blessing and love those around us. Don't lose sight of the big picture.

Yes, we can and should be led by the Spirit as to where we are and what we do, but sometimes I feel that we can get too mystical about this and lose sight of the real issue of fellowship with God. Let your purposes shape your circumstances rather than waiting for the perfect circumstances before you step into your purposes.

Our purposes will grow, develop and mature over time. The expression of a purpose today will be different from the way it is expressed in ten years. The more we choose to walk in our purposes now, the more clearly we can be led by God into His purposes for our future. What is your number 1 purpose?

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Cor. 1:9)

BB

Sensitivity To The Right Things

Mark 6:52, 'For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.'

MARK 6:45-52; JOHN 6:15-21
Most of the time, we think of a person with a hard heart as being someone who is in terrible rebellion to God. While it is true that a rebellious person does have a hardened heart, in this instance, the Word is referring to the disciples' hearts being hardened. They were, 'sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered' at Jesus walking on the water.

The word 'hardened' as used here, means 'to make calloused, unyielding or cold in spirit, or insensitive to.' The disciples were not God haters, but rather they had become so sensitive to the natural world and its limitations that they were overwhelmed to see Jesus supersede these laws. Therefore, they had a hardened heart.

If they had kept in mind the miracle they had just seen Jesus perform (the feeding of the five thousand), then they wouldn't have been amazed to see Jesus walking on the water toward them. After all, He had constrained them to get into the ship and was therefore responsible for them. He was just a short distance away from them, and was in the same storm himself, so they knew He was aware of their situation. They should have been expecting Jesus to come and save them, even if He had to walk on the water to do it.

Many of us are more sensitive to fear and doubt than we are to the truths of God's Word. This is because we have thought more on things that minister fear and doubt. We can take these laws about hardening our hearts and use them in a positive way. We can actually harden our hearts to doubt by considering only God's Word. It is a possible and obtainable goal to become just as sensitive to God and faith as we have been to Satan and doubt. Meditate on God's Word today.

AWM