Who Are You And What Are You Here For?
Ephesians 2:6-10 (New Living Translation)
6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. 7 So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he had done for us who are united with Christ Jesus. 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 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.
Truly we are in a strange season. I see God doing some awesome things through us and for us. I can see God giving and pouring into the lives of some of His people giving them wisdom and knowledge in areas that people never knew they could operate in. Recently my daughter was featured in a newspaper article in the Sunday paper, in the business section. The articles that were written were a series of articles written about young entrepreneurs, which my daughter was the youngest of all the individuals written about by at least eight years. We thought that was an enormous and amazing blessing, but then in the following days she was approached by the president of the Southeastern Virginia Food Bank, to sit on the youth portion of their council, as well as work with the young entrepreneurs program. If all that wasn’t enough, she has been receiving a more steady flow of orders, for her business. But when we thought that God had done so much, today I received an email, from the reporter who wrote the article saying that one of the most influential restaurant owners in the local downtown area was offering to give her space to cook and would become a customer, my mind was blown, by the awesomeness of God. When my daughter found out she cried like a baby. I began to explain to her that even at her young age she was getting it. That God was honoring her faithfulness to serve Him, keep her body only unto Him and to tithe, to be an obedient and a respectful child that sows into the lives of others without asking anything in return. In addition this week, she had begun to sacrifice by waking up at 5 am to pray with other teens, and my God daughter for their needs.
I remember as we approached the end of last year, God spoke a word to me during my prayer time; it was that 2011 was going to be a year of judgment, and that God was going to begin to separate the wheat from the tare. That He was going to show Himself faithful to those who had shown themselves faithful to Him. That the judgment was about identify those that are His openly. As my daughter reminded me of these words, I could do nothing but shake my head in agreement. But even with all of that had been said my daughter said to me, she did not understand why her? I explained it was what she was created to do, that she was created for to honor God and then to do good works, we talked about that fact that as she has honored God with her life, and doing good that God was esteeming her and elevating her position, and placing her in a place that she had been identified and set apart as His own. It has been an interesting journey for my daughter because she has always felt like the odd man out, in her group of friends; she has been one of the few to stay pure and to not find herself in a place of compromise. She has been created unto good works, and identified unto the Father, who has given her these open doors, not for her to boast but to increase in the things she has been faithful over and to bring continued Glory to God.
For many of us, knowing who we are and what we are created to do is something we have not figured out, mainly because we have been trying to map our journey, not to honor God or to help, but to increase our own notoriety. But when we begin to understand that we are in a season that God wants us to give ourselves away to Him, in order for Him to use us, to bring Glory to His Kingdom and accomplish good works, it is then that we come into the understanding of who we are and why we are here. You see self will not prevail in this season, nor will living a life any way we think, is okay. This is a season of integrity, non-compromise and being submitted to God. The quickest way to get God’s attention is to do His will in the way that please Him; looking for no selfish gain, but living to bring honor to God, continually!
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