When I was a kid, I remember wondering why I existed. Why was I born to this family in this place and time? Why did I like the things I liked and dislike the things I disliked? Why was I good at some things and really bad at others? Later as an adult I have gone through periods of time when I wrestled with questions about my purpose. Why am I here? What should I be doing with my life? Should I take this job, date this person, move to this town? I think everyone struggles with these types of questions. They are hard questions! I believe one day God will give me all the answers to everything I want to know about my life here, when I “see Him face to face”. But for now, I can only see the answers “through a glass darkly.” (1 Cor. 13:12) However, today’s verse has been a huge solace for me when these big questions haunt me. Why am I here? This verse says God created me. Not only that, but I am His workmanship. He made me carefully, with specific intention and loving design. He thought about what He needed and planned my arrival, just as I am, right where He needed me to be. What am I supposed to do? Today’s verse says before I was even born, God planned good works for me to do. He has a purpose for me. I am ideally suited for this purpose. I will be happiest and most fulfilled if I follow His plan and obey Him. He created me to enjoy certain things, to be passionate about and be fulfilled by certain tasks and those are the things He wants me to pursue. Because He loves me. I can choose not to. He gave me choice. He will accomplish His plan with or without me, but why wouldn’t I want to join in His plan that He created me for? If I am a tire, I am ideally suited to be on a car driving down the road, speeding up, slowing down, keeping the car on the road through sharp turns. I’m good at it, it’s easy for me and I enjoy it. People appreciate me and keep me inflated and clean. But as a tire, if I tried to be a chair, it would be a huge challenge. I would be considered ugly perhaps. Uncomfortable. Dirty. I might find limited success, but it would always be a struggle, and I would have to contort my true self. God made me with a purpose in mind. I am perfectly suited to that purpose. My job is to seek Him and His will for me everyday so my beautiful purpose can be fulfilled joyfully.
Dear God,
Thank you so much that you created me lovingly with a purpose in mind. I pray that I discover my purpose every day more and more. Reveal to me what you want me to do. Thank you for giving me this purpose. I look forward to the day when I have all the answers, but thank you for your word that provides what I need for today.
CamDevo 