Called According To His Purpose

Romans 8:28 KJV says, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”   I know that this is a familiar verse of scripture that most of us has memorized it.  But, lately, I have been hearing and reading a lot about living to your potential in your calling and purpose.  How so many us fall short of that potential, living only half of the dream of what we want and can be for God.  It all goes along well with the book I just finished reading by Joy Haney (one of my favorite authors), Behold the Nazarite Woman.  It really makes me think that God is wanting me to step up and be prepared for Him to take me to a higher dimension in Him.  It is my deepest desire to be consecrated and dedicated to Him, withholding nothing.  Like the old song says, “Withholding nothing, I give myself to you,  Withholding nothing, to do the things you’d have me do.  To live the way that you would live…Withholding nothing, I give myself to you.”   I have been raised in the church, I was dedicated as baby, my Dad was a minister in North Dakota  and Pastored a church in New Mexico for a few years and I have “lived for God” my whole life.  BUT, my desire to live for Him has become so much more intense over the last few years.  I have known that God has a plan and special purpose for my life.  That is why I started this blog a few years ago.  Got has given me the desire to study His Word and it is my desire to share it with everyone.  But, lately, there is this “driving force” behind my desire that is pushing me forward.  I am SO excited about the things ahead and I am determined to be what God wants me to be no matter what others may say or how they may act toward me because of it.  God is calling me to a higher dimension and who am I to tell Him no.  Why would I want to neglect the anointing and blessing He has for me?!    Yes, there may be some opposition and some trials and tests ahead.  But, as it says in Philippians 1:6 (NIRV), “I am sure that the One who began a good work in you (me) will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns.”  

The Merriam-Webster defines purpose as follows: “the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists;  a function or calling”  God has specially fitted us for a purpose.  It is the very reason we exist.  Beside the fact that we were created to worship and praise Him with our very being, He has a plan for each of our lives that gives us hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).  And, when He calls us to His purpose and we heed to that call, we are promised that ALL things are going to work together for good.  That means that no matter what we face, we are guaranteed that He is going to work everything out and turn it around for good.  The life of Joseph in the Old Testament is a perfect example.  God called him to purpose.  His brothers sought to do him evil.  But, in the end, God turned it around for good. God had His hand on Joseph’s life the whole time!   In Genesis 50:20, Joseph tells his brothers, “You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.” 

I don’t ever want to get to the place where I am satisfied where I am with God.  I want to maintain a hunger and desire for His righteousness and strive to be in His will in every area of my life.  I want to be more consecrated to Him than I have ever been before!  ♥