"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to give you an expected end." (Jeremiah 29: 11)
"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of your calling...." (Ephesians 1: 17-18)
God has plans for you. God has been preparing you from the time of your birth to do something in your life that is more than simply living from day to day.
In this world, we are taught to live by picking fruit from the world and to live our lives according to the dictates of the world: to think like the world, to dress like the world, and to walk and talk as the world walks and talks. We are taught to like and to be liked, to love and to be loved. In other words, we are taught to be like the world, or to be a reflected image of the world in which we live. That is it, that is all, and then we die.
What profit is there to be born and to be like the world?
If there is no difference in your life and the life of the person next to you, what was your purpose in being born? Just to be a twin of the person next door? And if your contributions to the world are no different than the person next to you, one of you was not needed.
Have you ever felt not needed? Have you ever felt left out of a group or a team? Have you ever experienced the loneliness and isolation of rejection? Have you ever felt like your presence was not necessary?
Your birth in this world was not an accident. You did not arrive here by chance, or by a stroke of bad luck for a man and a woman. You were not born to be a store-bought baby. Neither were you born to be a gazing stock for people to look at and laugh. You are not an animal, a fish, or a bird.
To the world, you are not special.
To the world, you are disposable.
But God created you to be you, and God's desire for you is that you should never desire to be like others. You are uniquely created, a one-of-a-kind, and there will never be another you.
Knowing that these things are true, then you should also be able to believe that God has plans for you. Because you are important to God, the Lord wants you to do something important in your life that only you can do for Him.
What is this plan that God has for you? God knows the plan and it is up to you to seek Him to find the answer. For the answer, seek Him by prayer and seek Him by faith. Therefore seek the Lord and He will help you.
Whatever the Lord has planned for you, it will be good. It will be something that you will enjoy and not something that you will dread or hate. God will work through your experiences in life to bring your calling to action.
God has plans for you.
Therefore, seek the Lord and He will give you "wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him."
God has plans for you: that your life will be a reflected image of Him instead of a reflected image of the world.
thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to give you an expected end." (Jeremiah 29: 11)
"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of your calling...." (Ephesians 1: 17-18)
God has plans for you. God has been preparing you from the time of your birth to do something in your life that is more than simply living from day to day.
In this world, we are taught to live by picking fruit from the world and to live our lives according to the dictates of the world: to think like the world, to dress like the world, and to walk and talk as the world walks and talks. We are taught to like and to be liked, to love and to be loved. In other words, we are taught to be like the world, or to be a reflected image of the world in which we live. That is it, that is all, and then we die.
What profit is there to be born and to be like the world?
If there is no difference in your life and the life of the person next to you, what was your purpose in being born? Just to be a twin of the person next door? And if your contributions to the world are no different than the person next to you, one of you was not needed.
Have you ever felt not needed? Have you ever felt left out of a group or a team? Have you ever experienced the loneliness and isolation of rejection? Have you ever felt like your presence was not necessary?
Your birth in this world was not an accident. You did not arrive here by chance, or by a stroke of bad luck for a man and a woman. You were not born to be a store-bought baby. Neither were you born to be a gazing stock for people to look at and laugh. You are not an animal, a fish, or a bird.
To the world, you are not special.
To the world, you are disposable.
But God created you to be you, and God's desire for you is that you should never desire to be like others. You are uniquely created, a one-of-a-kind, and there will never be another you.
Knowing that these things are true, then you should also be able to believe that God has plans for you. Because you are important to God, the Lord wants you to do something important in your life that only you can do for Him.
What is this plan that God has for you? God knows the plan and it is up to you to seek Him to find the answer. For the answer, seek Him by prayer and seek Him by faith. Therefore seek the Lord and He will help you.
Whatever the Lord has planned for you, it will be good. It will be something that you will enjoy and not something that you will dread or hate. God will work through your experiences in life to bring your calling to action.
God has plans for you.
Therefore, seek the Lord and He will give you "wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him."
God has plans for you: that your life will be a reflected image of Him instead of a reflected image of the world.
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