This is the weekly email devotional of WhoUWith? Ministries
(2004)
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“God made me for a purpose…but
He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure.” –Eric
Liddel, “Chariots of Fire”
What is your purpose? Why are you here? The fact
that Rick Warren’s book, “The Purpose Driven Life” has sold more
copies than any book outside the Bible, says that we are a world that is trying
to find meaning…trying to find purpose.
The Bible is clear with some basic purposes for
each of us. How we should live. How we should love others. How we should share
our faith. The general is vital to an effective walk with Christ, but what
about a specific purpose that is just for me? Something I can call my own?
Maybe it is my vocation…or maybe it is my athletic ability…or my
personality. Is there anything unique about me?
What does God’s Word say?:
For
you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are
wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was
made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in
your book before one of them came to be. Psalm
139:13-16
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I
will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your
heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13
Yes, there is something unique about all of us.
The Lord has a specific plan and purpose for each of us. I guess your next
question is, “How do I find out what that purpose is”? It’s not
that you have to find it…it usually finds you! A dear friend of mine likes
to call it “looking for the eureka moments of your
life”.
In the quote above,
Eric Liddel knew that God was smiling when he took his gift of running and used
it to compete and bring God glory. Have you found something in your life that
you just know makes God smile? If not, stay close to God and keep looking.
Your “eureka” moment
will not only bring God pleasure, but you will even experience a brief taste of
the joys of heaven. The experience may only last a moment, but that will be
enough for you to know that this is what you were made to do. Now get out there
and start living with a purpose…let’s give God something to grin
about!
Just a thought!
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