God Preserves Purpose

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 “𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞”

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲. Jesus did not fear or worry about his days lived on earth. He sought God in prayers daily, constantly, with a humble spirit. He knew who He was and He knew His purpose. Because He knew His identity, He walked in obedience to DO that which He was sent to earth for.

Be occupied. 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫. Do not be occupied with anxious thoughts or any way or form of fear. Instead, occupy with doing the good that God puts in your heart to do.

At the beginning of this year 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞: “𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞.”

𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. He will certainly show you! Then start walking your days under that purpose! 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄!

Jesus was fully aware that He would one day be apprehended and then crucified. He knew He came to save and save He did! On the cross of Calvary He purchased our salvation that is by grace! It is God’s gift to a lost world! If we embrace it, we are able to receive it and live in accordance to such grace.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒 “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐍𝐨” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.”

The grace given us is not to be abused and used to our convenience. When we know our God-given purpose and who we are in Him, we submit to God to live under the Lordship of King Jesus.

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟔:𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟒 “𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧.”

So 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, and 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. Then 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡! This, my friend, will be a life well spent and fully lived!

𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞!