Matthew 4:10 The Message Bible
At work, we had a little chat about bucket lists - who wants to do what, when, where, and how the lists may have changed and evolved over the years. Many had to do with seeing far away places in the world. Just as many were very specifically individual pursuits even though the ones who commented were married. I thought it was also interesting to note that the vast majority of the lists had nothing to do with accomplishing more or "higher" goals in the chosen career field.
Over the last week, there have been quite a few remarks about people's perceptions of what they were born to do. It's been enlightening, to say the least.
Have you ever given that serious thought? Have you ever listened for God's answer as to how or why He created you? He has a plan, you know. He had a plan for your life when He created you in your mother's womb.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT tells us, For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
There's an old song - Born to Serve the Lord - that just has wonderful words to it. The second verse tells it all:
For I was made in His likenessThis is the reason we have eyes, ears, legs, etc. We truly were born to serve the Lord - and to serve Him with singleness of purpose. Is your life serving a purpose? More specifically, is your life serving HIS purpose?
Created in His Image
But I was born to serve the Lord.
And I won't deny Him
I'll always walk beside Him
for I was born to serve the Lord.
Prayer:
Father,
Let our hands serve our neighbor, our eyes read Your Word, our hearts follow You, our feet walk only in Your footsteps as You go before us making the crooked way straight. You created us to serve, Father. Help us to walk single-heartedly in our purpose. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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