As we continue to look at and examine God’s purpose for your life, what has He called you to do? There is a specific place in life where you will thrive!
Psalm 33:18-22 NKJV
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, [19] To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. [20] Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. [21] For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name. [22] Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You.
So much of our lives are made up of our awareness of the Holy Spirit acting in and through our lives. You have to make a daily decision to surrender your will for God’s perfect will and purpose for your life.
Romans 8:5-11 NKJV
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. [8] So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. [9] But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. [10] And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. [11] But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
The world’s way is for you to be your own person, a self-made man. All you have to do is strive to become smarter or more talented. This way doesn’t come without a cost. You struggle to achieve and slowly lose a tenderness for following the lead of the Holy Spirit in your life. You trust only in yourself and in what you can control. You try to pattern your life after what the ungodly world system suggests success looks like. There’s no focus on Jesus, just a focus on you. You start replacing God with things, and your relationship with God grows cold and distant. Loving the world more than God is not worth it; the cost is too high. Be encouraged. God is faithful, and He will always walk with you.
You may not have a clue what God’s plan and purpose is for your life. The future may look like a complete mystery. Abraham too was in that same place. He had to trust in the One Who was trustworthy. Daily he had to walk out the journey. You can’t escape having to walk out your daily purpose. If you could skip the daily trusting and sacrifice, going directly to “GO” (like on the board game Monopoly), you would miss growing in your faith and learning to trust your Heavenly Father. You would not develop confidence, and you would miss steadfastness in your life. Your life is unique! I can’t live your life for you, nor do I want to, but I do want to encourage you to rest and to avoid striving to make something happen in your life when you should be patiently waiting for God to move in your life. He knew you before you were ever born, so He also knows that you are special and wonderfully made. Rest and don’t rush anything.
God remained faithful to Abraham, consistently showing Abraham that He was faithful. God will be faithful to you also as you daily surrender and develop a stronger trust. Surrendering your plans and dreams to His purposes is not an easy thing to do, but when you surrender, a quiet peace and joy fill your heart, along with God’s promises found in Scripture. The main difference in your life is Jesus and the Holy Spirit’s living through you. When you completely surrender all of your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, nothing will stop the fulfillment of God’s plan and purpose for your life.
Isaiah 64:8 NKJV
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
Blessings,
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