“In the beginning God created…” Genesis 1
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“For Thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb… My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.” Psalm 139:13,15,16; (although, reading the entire chapter of 139 would be beneficial)
“And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be His servant,…” Isaiah 49:5
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” Jeremiah 1:5
“…and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.” Luke 1:15
God foreknows every detail of His creation. God never makes a mistake -ever. God is purposeful.
With this move I am constantly reminded of purpose - as people still ask, “Why did you come here?” While it matters little what people think of my response of “God told me”, (I have no control over someone believing me or not - but I speak the truth). Still, it’s clear that people question the authority of God’s purpose, direction, intention - in my life. It seems as if they question God’s authority - His right to direct/rule in the lives of His creation, especially mine, (of course, such doubters probably don’t listen for Father’s call on their lives either). Or they question my willingness to accept God’s purpose for my life and/or even more so my ability to actually sense/hear God’s purpose. It’s like when they question that I’m nearly seventy,… “You can’t be! You don’t look…” - spoken in condescending tones as if I’m lying… like I don’t know my own age!… Like I don’t know my own purpose.🙄
God is very intentional. As a Creator, He knows exactly where and why He’s going in any direction with a thing He creates. There are no happy accidents nor horrid mistakes even in people you don’t like. God is intentional. He has a definite plan, that we get to live out. … And what I think is wild, is that God being GOD!… He anticipates EVERYTHING! aka is omniscient. With His created humans - He foreknew everything we were going to do… and kept going with His plan because He has a purpose of love - NOT because He needed to love a thing, (us), but because He IS LOVE. His relation to everything is Him being Who and What He is - Love!
Mind blowing for me.
So, once I got with God’s program - recognizing, submitting, (submission gets such a bad rap), to His authority over my life, I ask you: Why wouldn’t I want to go with God’s plan? Since I believe in God’s sovereignty over my life, why would I suppose I have better plans than God? (Remember Jonah?). Frankly, I sometimes laugh and cry about my fellow humans, because so many suppose they know better than God and subsequently make a mess of their life and the lives of a lot of other people because of the ripple or domino effect. One tiny pebble thrown into the pond of life has the potential to effect much, that God already knew about and so anticipated those effects - due to our free will - because of God’s LOVE. It circles back to God every time, no matter how hard we try to navigate life, sadly, without Him; truly in the end, we still come back to God - running towards Him or standing obstinately in shame before Him.
As the loving Father that God is… He will sit us down and so review our life’s navigational choices and when completed we either continue a life, on the other side of the vale; with Him or a life without Him - The latter being a place I do NOT wish any one to go. Likewise, even more so God, Who sent His only Son Jesus, Who gave His all - His life saving Blood; so we wouldn’t have to live without Father God… but our choices.
I am so convenience that I am surely walking in my Father God’s purpose and know there is nothing that could even thwart that purpose - because Father God is sovereign. Do I get confused, angry, upset, discouraged, (king David too, in some of his Psalms - he too runs the gambit of emotions - some extreme emotional outburst were his imprecatory Psalms when he thought annihilation of his enemies was in his best interest …)? Of course, after some quiet nights, and days, because of LOVE, Father isn’t going to allow me to stray too far with my thoughts, from His purpose. Does the enemy - aka the devil, attempt to misguide me, of course, - I am a daughter of Eve, but God! Father carefully and lovingly directs my path back to Him when I stray even when it’s my attitude that requires adjustment.
In the beginning, one of Adam’s callings was to name all the animals. Perhaps he studied them and so named them according to their characteristics. My father named me -Nina. He died when I was in the summer of my tenth year, so I cannot verify his reasoning, but because of his middle eastern background, I like the Hebrew meaning for Nina “God was gracious and has shown favor”. My father was in his fifties when I was conceived and I only know of only a half sister named Sally who was about twenty years my senior. She married a man with the last name of Lahori. After our father’s death I never saw her again… but I digress. Likewise, our Heavenly Father so named us based upon Isaiah 40:26, (He cared to name the the stars), and renamed Abram to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah, Jacob to Israel… and so His sheep He calls by name John 10:3. Father has intention in our conception and purposely so calls us specifically by name.
The enemy surely would seek to cause you to wonder about your purpose, your identity; when life seems to be going no where? The enemy plants seeds of doubt and reminds a soul of their sins, of their past self. The enemy would go as far to get you to compare yourself to others, but keep your eyes on Father God. Get into His Word. Have a heart-to-heart with Father God. He’s available 24/7 and will give you insight into who you are and why you belong to the God that gave everything for you - purpose included.
Soli Deo Gloria
Nina
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