“The first thing that happens after we recognize our
election by God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our preconceived ideas,
our narrow-minded thinking, and all of our other allegiances— we are turned
solely into servants of God’s own purpose. The entire human race was created to
glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Sin
has diverted the human race onto another course, but it has not altered God’s
purpose to the slightest degree. And when we are born again we are
brought into the realization of God’s great purpose for the human race, namely,
that He created us for Himself.
This realization of our election by God is the most joyful on earth, and we
must learn to rely on this tremendous creative purpose of God. The first thing
God will do is force the interests of the whole world through the channel of
our hearts. The love of God, and even His very nature, is introduced into us.
And we see the nature of Almighty God purely focused in John 3:16— “For God so
loved the world….” We must continually keep our soul open to the fact of God’s
creative purpose, and never confuse or cloud it with our own intentions. […] A
missionary is created for the purpose of being God’s servant, one in whom God
is glorified.” CHAMBERS
We were created for God … God does not exist for us. This attempt at role reversal started in the
Garden. That’s when the created began
thinking that they could be the center of the universe. Adam and Eve shunned the sovereignty of God
for their own version of truth, and man has been pursuing and refining that
illusion ever since. God has a general
and a specific purpose for each of us. The
Westminster Shorter Catechism that Chambers referred to says this “Q. 1. What
is the chief end of man? A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him
forever.” So it begins with a focus on
God and ends with our good. Both for the
present and for eternity. Jesus said
that in this world we will have tribulation (troubles). Trouble has many forms .. but all trouble is a
result of the Fall of Adam. Things just
don’t work right apart from God. They
were never meant to. Sin is like putting
diesel fuel in an automobile that uses gasoline. The engine will not function with diesel. The engineers designed the engine’s components
to use gasoline not diesel fuel. We do
not have the capacity to live the way that God has intended apart from Him.
There are generally four types of people in this world. First there are those who reject God and His
Son. Second there are those who accept God but reject His Son. Third, there are those who accept God and His
Son, but refuse to live under His spiritual authority. That is evidenced by the
fact that those people are difficult to identify as being different from the
first two types. And fourth, there are
those who accept God and His Son and walk
in obedience to the leading of the Spirit and the Word of Truth. John 3:16 says God the Father sent God the Son
to restore us to Himself .. so we could be the fourth kind of people and
fulfill our purpose. John 14:6 says
Jesus is the way to the Father. But we
are not mere leaves in the wind being blown about by the Spirit of God. If we are to glorify God with our lives, we
must choose to follow Jesus and trust in the Lord. We must choose God above ourselves in
everything. And then do what He
says. (Luke 6:46) “Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I
say?” Think about it. ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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