Wonder of GraceSample

What is My Purpose?

There was a dentist, a kind, gentle, and wise man who was passionate for God. Often, people told him that he should go into full-time ministry and that he was wasting his life being a dentist. He took these suggestions seriously, prayed, and sought God, but never felt a push from the Holy Spirit to stop working. He stayed at his dental job but continued to go deeper and deeper in his relationship with God.

As his relationship with God deepened, he became more like Jesus in character. Patients terrified of dentists would seek him out, saying it was like having their teeth done by Jesus Himself! He would chat openly with the dental nurses and hygienists in his practice about Jesus and became the embodiment of Colossians 1:27 as Christ shone out of him.

He had numerous opportunities to tell people about Jesus, who may never have heard about Him otherwise. And while he used words, what spoke most to not-yet-Christians was the character of Christ that shone through him (see 2 Peter 1:5-8).

Does serving God mean giving up everything and going into full-time ministry? For some of us, that is what God calls us to do. But God doesn't make any sacred/secular divide. Every place we are is a mission field. And you are the worker whom God has called to the mission field where He has placed you.

God is primarily concerned with what you are like rather than what you do because He knows what you do will come from who you are. And as you become increasingly like Jesus, He will be able to use you more powerfully wherever you are.

Reflect and Respond

To become more like Jesus, you need to spend more time with Him, just hanging out or reading His Word. How can you spend more time with Him?

Pray

Father, life can be busy, but I want to spend more time with You to become more like Jesus. Please help me prioritize time with You.

Amen.