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The other day I was digging in my junk
drawer for a rubber band or some other trivial item. Not finding
what I was looking for, I got frustrated by the amount of useless
pieces and parts in the drawer and piled it all on the counter.
“Do you have any idea at all what
this thing is for?” I asked my husband as I held up a small plastic
doohickey. After examining it closely, he said it must be something
very important, although, admittedly, he had no idea what it was.
When he looked away, I tossed it in the garbage can.
The Bible says that I am God’s
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which He
prepared for me in advance (Eph 2:10). Not only did God create you
and me as his unique masterpieces, He gave us a special purpose, one
He’s had in mind for us from the beginning.
Sometimes we agonize to figure out what
that purpose is, and how we should fulfill it. But the Bible tells
us that’s not our worry…God will do it for us. Psalm 138:8
says, “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me. Your love, O Lord
endures forever.” And Psalm 57:2 says, “I cry out to God Most
High, God who fulfills his purpose for me.” Try as we might, we
can’t fulfill our own purpose. God must do it for us. We need his
guidance and control in our lives. He will do it in his power, his
timing, and his way.
Besides promising He will fulfill our
purpose, God also tells us what the ultimate objective is. “…by
his power, He [God] may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every
act prompted by your faith…so that the name of our Lord Jesus may
be glorified in you.” (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12) God’s goal is
that He will be glorified in us. He wants us to reflect His image to
the world we live in.
The final confidence we have regarding
our purpose is that God always finishes what He starts. In
Philippians 1:6 it says “He who began a good work in you will carry
it on to completion.” God assures us that He has a purpose for us
and we will not be stuffed in the drawer and forgotten about, only to
be discarded later. His plans for us are too important.

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