I have been contemplating this for a while. What is God's perfect will for my life? What is it specifically that he wants me to do with my life? I can give you that answer without hesitation - God's will for my life is for me to know him and to be transformed into the image of His son. Yes, it's that simple. On that road, I believe that we will do many things, preach, teach, evangelize, worship, struggle and be heated by the trials He allows into our lives to better refine us. When we walk with him, we are fulfilling His greatest desire for us. I believe he'd much rather have us, then not have us and us try to win the world.
I hear people say "I'm called to be a Pastor." Great. Go pastor. Go win 4 or 5 of your neighbors, invite them to your house, teach them the word of God. Who told you that you needed to be employed by a church to pastor? If God called you, then what are you waiting for? If you are called to be a prophet, go prophecy, etc. We often mistake the recognition of men as the seal of approval by God. I'm not trying to promote an independent spirit, but if you go to a large church of a 1000 people, what's the likelihood you will ever get a change to preach or teach?
I also believe there is too much emphasis on "personal destiny." Your personal destiny is to know Him and be transformed into the image of the Son. Everything else will flow out of it. Sure, it takes some trust and faith, but without faith it's impossible to please him. Show me the scripture that eludes to "you have a personal destiny in God." Unfortunately, that line of thinking forces us to focus WAY to much on ourselves and puts us in a position of a spiritual pyramid marketing salesman; thinking everyone you meet is a stepping stone to your goal. It is the servant of all who will be the greatest among the church. I encourage you to seek those whom you can serve instead of seeking those who can serve you. Well, that is, if you want to be great in His kingdom. I'd much rather be great in His kingdom by serving his saints then great in mine by serving myself.
I've been caught up in this myself, thinking that everyone who played an instrument was sent by God, to me, to fulfill my personal destiny to be a superstar. I missed divine opportunities to speak into the lives of many talented, gifted psalmists and musicians because I was so busy trying to manipulate them into playing a show or gig with me . Gigs and shows that mean nothing now and didn't mean much then, truth be told. If we seek ministry to get somewhere, we get nowhere.
"What must we do that we may do the works of God?" They asked Jesus. He simply said "Believe on Him who He sent." Sounds good to me.
I hope to use this blog as a way to capture some teaching ideas and thoughts. Hope it helps.
