PURPOSE:
Have you been burdened because you think you are not finding God, or because you think that you have somehow missed His purpose for your life? Has this burden been multiplied because you don’t even know where you got off the track, let alone how to get back on track? Well, can we now see that this concern is invalid? Just surrender to God and ask Him to do whatever it takes to show you the Truth. Do we believe we could be more concerned about this than God is concerned?
So many Christians carry this unnecessary burden. We somehow think that God has a big plan for us, but that He is keeping it secret, expecting us to figure out what it is – but if we don’t, well, then we lose out. We imagine ourselves to be constantly on the outside of God’s purpose looking in – and never seem to figure out how to GET in. This is deception. We are not on the outside of God looking in. We are on the inside of God through Christ. And once we realize this, and believe it, we can turn to God and ask Him to do whatever is necessary to set us free of this nonsense and show us the Truth.
Do we really believe we are on our own to discover the Truth? Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all Truth. Is that a sane promise if we are on our own to find it? God is not sitting up in heaven expecting us to figure things out. He wants us to surrender ourselves to Him so that He can reveal the Truth, not only TO us, but IN us. In short, this is about CHRIST IN US. God must do this work. He seeks to open our eyes. He just wants our continual surrender.
PRAYERS:
I Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (Eph 1:16-19)
If we would just open ourselves to God and surrender to Him in that way! “God, I know you already have a purpose that you want to bring to pass in my life. Do whatever it takes IN ME to make that possible. Override all of my misgivings, all of my unbelief, and bring me to where I can choose to get free. Do whatever it takes to get Yourself glory in me, and to bring your will and kingdom to pass.” This is a prayer God will always answer. But understand: Despite the fact that the end of it all is a relationship with God based in Truth – Truth that will set you free – it may take some tough times to get there. If I want God’s will, my will must go – indeed, the desire in me to have my will must go. If I want God’s kingdom in me in fullness, then MY kingdom must go. If I want God to do whatever it takes to get Himself glory, then God is going to DO whatever it takes – and what DOES it take? Well, death to me via the Cross. Only then can I be raised.
“Lord, do whatever is necessary to MAKE ME what you are after. Lord, I don’t have the faith. Do what is necessary to create in me the faith. Lord, I don’t know if I am right about this matter – I don’t know if I have seen the Truth about You in it. But I give myself to you that you might do whatever it takes to show me the Truth, and to make that Truth living in me.”