Day 102 – We all have a purpose in the Kingdom of God. We just need to uncover our gifts to put our Purpose to work.
Today’s Reading: 1 Chronicles 25 – 27
1 Chronicles 26:6 “Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.”
Today we see how all the Israelites had a special purpose for their life by the abilities they were given from birth.
Growing up on the farm, you could truly see the gifts, both physical and mental, that God distributed to each person as well as the gifts he grew from the ground. But one of the most amazing things to watch was how some of the greatest gifts grown from the ground didn’t look so great coming out of the earth. Take the onion per se, as I watch my father, the farmer, clean the grime and layers off the onion I see the beautiful and tasty sweet onion underneath.
We are like this onion, after years of growth on the earth, we end up with dirt and grime all over us and our vision of what we were created for is hard to see. However, once we peel off the years of frustration, words of demotion, and hours of mistaken paths we can find the original identity of the person God created in our mother’s womb.
God always knew what He had planned for us and what He planned was Good!
He placed each piece together like a puzzle with a snug fit, buried every gift deep in our DNA, and mapped out every curve of our body from our head to our stubby toes. Once you see that person that God created, look at the gifts and abilities He gave you, find what it is that brings you the most joy, and discover a way that you can use those things for His Glory. You see there are many jobs in this world, from McDonald’s to Starbuck’s and working at a school cafeteria to being a pastor in a church. All of these are important but to one person it may feel like they just have a certain job to pay the bills, where as someone else might be the perfect person for that job because they can bring a smile to the next doctor who drives through for his breakfast McMuffin on the way to the hospital for an emergency surgery on the daughter of your best friend.
You were gifted with many abilities, just like each of the Israelites, peel off the layers so you can Identify your beautiful purpose in the Kingdom of God.
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