Being a child of God is a privilege incomparable to any other. It literally transforms us into people we couldn’t imagine becoming before we accepted Jesus Christ. It’s God’s love that does it. He’s made it possible for us to switch to a trajectory in life that will catapult us to a continuous journey in Christ. Nothing is better than this! It’s the life God purposed for us long ago. He handpicked you and did so way before you entered your mother’s womb. You didn’t just randomly decide to be God’s child. He’s the One that set your destiny and purposed your existence before the foundation of the world. This mind-blowing piece of revelation should inspire each of us. Our hearts should burn to be all that God created us to be and to attain all that He has in store for our lives.
Ephesians 1:5,10-11(NLT) says, “5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ–everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.”
This passage is the container that holds all our hopes and dreams. Again, we’re not random individuals. We have a destiny! We’re on this earth for a reason, and it is to carry out all that God has purposed. Understanding this is crucial to our faith. Many individuals think of faith as the means to get whatever they want. This causes them to pray for things that are not according to God’s plan for their individual lives. God has given us faith to fulfill His Will. This is the greatest fulfillment that any of us could ever hope to achieve. If we step outside of this, the thing we’re praying to receive will ultimately cause more harm to our relationship with God than good. We should always bear this in mind.
As believers, we sometimes want things that are not right for us, and there is no willingness in our minds and hearts to be led and corrected. When believers take on this way of approaching our Heavenly Father, and don’t have a mindset of “Thy Will be done”, they will keep hoping and praying, but it will seem that nothing is materializing. Rather seeking God in humility, they become discouraged and stop hoping altogether. This isn’t a spiritually mature posture. God shows us a better way, and it is to renew our minds to His Word so that we can obtain guidance and direction from the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:28(NLT) tells us, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Our Heavenly Father is not redundant or wasteful. He knows the plans He has for us, and He will employ every single encounter and experience to increase us and steer us in the direction of His love and purpose. Romans 8:29(NLT) says, “For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” This verse informs us that God has a goal for us, and it is to become like our Big Brother, Jesus Christ. This is our purpose for being in the earth, and it is what life is all about.
Sometimes, we become discouraged when we’ve been praying for better health, new relationships, or greater financial blessings, and it seems as if those things are moving as slow as molasses to get to us. We’re not seeing progress, and we might be thinking that these blessings are just not going to manifest. “Why doesn’t God just tell me what’s going on? If He’s not going to bless me or I’m not praying right, why doesn’t He simply say this to me?” Well God is a God of order, and He will never overstep His order. Jesus Christ makes it clear to us that it’s our responsibility to seek God’s Will. He tells us in Matthew 6:33 to seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness first. This is key! You and I are not the authority on righteousness, God is, and Christ tells us that seeking God’s righteousness is the way to go.
Seeking God’s righteousness means yielding to it with the understanding that nothing can ever go wrong when His ‘rightness’ is the motivation for all we attempt to do. We must seek Him first because God is always right. It’s His Will to bless us, and He knows how to do it best. Jesus Christ said in John 10:10(NKJV), “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings because of our union with Christ, and this is a more than abundant life! It’s not a life where we have all that we want. An abundant life in Christ is one where we have all that we need to fulfill the Plan and Will of God for our individual lives.
Sometimes we ask for the blessing without inviting God to do a work in our hearts and minds to prepare us for what is to come. The landing strip we have created in our lives isn’t strong or wide enough to hold what we’re asking God to receive. In other words, we have more to do in order to demonstrate our desire to know God better and to build our relationship with Him. We have more to do to make sure our faith in Him is greater than our desire for the blessing. Our minds must be renewed to God’s Word and our hearts must expand in our love for Him. This must be done on a greater level than before, so that we fulfill God’s requirement for our spiritual growth in Christ and obtain more understanding regarding the perfection and righteousness of His Will. ■
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
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“Seek God, Because He’s Always Right” written by Reverend Fran Mack, edited by Kim Times for Sundie Morning Sistas ©2022. All rights reserved. All done to the glory of God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! SMS is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging Christian Women through the Word of God.