There are so many created things all around, and each thing is created for a purpose. I love technology and I am continuously amazed at all things new. It’s crazy to think that my watch can perform an ECG, but this is what the creator purposed for the creation—a watch that does more than tell time, a watch that improves life quality. Even so, there are things the watch cannot do yet, and possibly some things that it will never do—it all depends on the creator, or as they are known in the tech world—the developers.
Now getting away from technology, let us focus on people. We are God’s creation. You are God’s creation. Each person—yes this means you – was created for a specific purpose in mind. Our purpose is broad as well as specific. We have the big purpose of making God known, of sharing the Gospel, of living for Jesus and pointing to Him. We also have specific purposes for life, things God has for you alone to do as part of the body of the Church. We each have different skills, experience, gifts, etc., all for God’s glory.
Nonetheless, we have a problem at times with seeing what God sees. Remember, we cannot think like Him (Isaiah 55:8-9). Just like Moses declared, “I have never been,” so do we make the same declaration. When we are faced with hardship, beginning a new season, etc., we say we cannot do it. We do not have the strength. We do not have the time. We do not have the money. We do not have the skills. We do not have… fill in the blank. Even though God, the Creator, declares it to be—we blindly say, “I have never been.” We instead believe those words. We stand back from what God has promised. We stand back from what God has purposed. We remain stuck in the “have never been” statements of life. Yet God is calling us for more. He is still making the declaration. His Word still rings true as much yesterday as it does today. It doesn’t matter what you “have never been”—it matters what He is going to help you to be. It all comes down to trust. Are you going to trust God to do the “eloquent” in your life?
“Then Moses said to the LORD, ‘Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” – Exodus 4:10 [NASB]
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