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Live Out His Purpose For You

A DISPLAY OF GOD’S GLORY

In a health journey like this, it is essential to be motivated by God’s purpose for you, not the world’s expectations. God created you for this world, here and now, to speak into the world in a way that only you can. Your voice and your work are as unique as your thumbprint.

When people look at you, do they see the power of Christ in you?

As we simply go about our everyday lives, we have the opportunity to do work as a witness. We provide evidence that Jesus is who He says He is: our Redeemer, Savior, Helper, and Encourager. This sums up God’s work, which He does every day without ceasing. He saves, helps, encourages, and loves like no one else ever could.

We display God’s glory to others. With our lives, we proclaim that He is our Strength and that He picks us up out of the pit to release us from bondage. Then, we exhibit His strength through the choices we make, the actions we take, and the voices we use.

What we do with our bodies - whether it be a hug or a handshake, a push-up or a push away from the table - shows Christ’s love and power inside of us to a world that needs to see this great mystery.

When writing his first letter to the Corinthian church, Paul said a lot about how the believers there used their bodies. After all, the temple of Aphrodite (goddess of love), with more than one thousand temple prostitutes, dominated the city of Corinth.

Paul reminded the believers that their bodies were the temple of the Holy Spirit. Our bodies do not belong to us, and we are to honor Christ in the way we use them. We can’t authentically bear witness to Christ if we treat our bodies in contradiction to His ways.

We have a calling to be authentic in our life’s work – to live out our vocation so that God the Father, Christ, and the Holy Spirit receive glory, honor, and fame. Have you been living into this calling?

Reflect:

Read John 5:30. Does this describe you right now? Are what you do and how you live purposefully aimed at pleasing God or pleasing yourself? What do you need to do to change your purpose to more closely line up with His purpose for you? Be as specific as possible.