Tag: living on purpose

The Work Of Your Hands – part II

“I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars, so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.”

Micah 5:13

How often do we consider that the work that we do, the job we commit all your time to, and the creative expressions of our God-given visions, all belong to God?

It is easier to say that God is ruler over our lives than it is for us to give God rule over our lives. So again I ask, do all your works reflect God?

If you are a Christian actor, do you commit to acting in movies that edify other Christians or non-believers with messages about God’s truth?

Or like many God-fearing artists of today, do you wait to receive an award for your dramatic role in a violent or vulgar masterpiece that connotes nothing about God’s word or His kingdom, to ‘thank God’ for His mighty hand over your blossoming career.

Yes indeed, we are favored. We are graced time and time again with God’s favor and goodness when we gain opportunities to prosper. And I thank God for that. But when I see the number of Christians who acclaim their fame and success to God but do not speak words of God, sing words of God, project the image of God or perpetuate messages of God through the work of their own hands, I am paused.

Friend, can you see the work of your own hands? Because if you cannot see it, how then do you expect others to see it?

Are your endeavors led by the purpose of God inside of you?

That thing that you have your hand on, that project you are building your career on, that platform you are boldly claiming as your own, does it reflect Christ and His purpose in our life, in your heart?

Now more than ever, in this season of intentionality, in this realm of manifestation, in this year of breaking forth, we must pause and consider ALL the works of our hands because destiny cannot be formed by hands that lie.

I pray for you as I pray for me. May the Lord of Hosts renew our minds today. May God take over ALL things in our lives as we surrender yet again to His almighty hand. And may we again be re-aligned in all our ways for the sake of God’s purpose in Jesus name. Amen.

The Work Of Your Hands – part I

“I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars, so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.”

Micah 5:13

 When people ask you, “what do you do?” …”who are you?”… “what are you about?”… “what kind of work do you do?”

What is your response? Are you able to answer all these questions with one response? If not, where is the separation? In other words, do you separate how you use God’s gifts from the ‘you’ that receives the gift?

Better yet, are you able to answer all these questions with just one response? If not, where is the separation?

How do you separate how you use God’s gifts from the ‘you’ that receives the gift? How do you put a distance between who you are in God and what you do in the name of God?

Are you the Christian who uses Heaven’s gifts to gain worldly treasures?

A while ago, my pastor commented on the wealth that he believed was in the church. He stated that it is almost unimaginable how rich the House of God would be if we all brought our wealth into the church. Surely, he was not merely referring tithes and offerings, but rather the wealthy gifts that God has given to us. My pastor was calling out the wealth that was in us, the wealth that was us.

Friend, how much of your ‘wealth’ do you give to the world but not to God? Your gift, your heart, your creativity, and your time, how much of it do you give to God? And why have you not given it all?

Often times, we don’t want to consider the many ways that we dishonor God when we use our gifts for our own desires. We try to ignore our misalignment when the work of our hands don’t reflect the Father. But God knows and you know.

Consider that if no one ever saw your face or knew your name, if the world had to testify to who you are by all the works of your hand, would it truly reflect God?

For example, are you a Christian actor or an actor who is Christian?

Are you a Christian doctor or a doctor who is Christian?

Are you a Christian artist or an artist who is Christian?

Are you a Christian teacher or a teacher who is Christian?

Friend, do you know the difference?  FINISH READING HERE

You Have A Job, But What Is Your Assignment?

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“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began…”

2 Timothy 1:9

With each passing day, I am granted the grace to know more and more just how intentional our God is. Though His great intentions are not readily revealed to those who watch and wait on His glory, God remains intentional in ALL of His creations.

Friend, that includes YOU!

You ever just wonder, ‘why me?’

Why is the homeless man without a home or food to eat instead of you? Why is the young woman battling terminal cancer instead of you? Why are your peers left desolate in a lost world instead of you? Why did you not lose your head back when that anger was stirred inside you? Why did you not remain in that state of depression? Why have YOU made it this far in life without dying?!

God preserved your life for HIS purpose. God preserved you for His own assignment for your life, the one He alone created even before, “the world began.”

I mean, take a moment to imagine, what could have been, what should have been, had it not been for grace to carry you through all your life?

The times you could have been in the right place at the worst time. The time you could have made the wrong turn. The time you could have shut a door of opportunity trusting in your understanding alone.

Your own works have not preserved you, the LORD your God did it. And that is because there is an assignment on your life!

The devil could not have you because there is a calling on your being! God created you and Christ paid the price for this calling!

So you may have the wonderful job, the prominent title, today’s security, but are you working on your assignment?

Do you really know who to report to when the day begins and when the day ends?

There will always be jobs, vacant positions requesting your very own credentials on paper, but there is only One divine assignment with your name on it, and the Spirit is asking you today, why has the assignment remained untouched?

Friend, who or what has been keeping you away from your assignment?…May those strongholds be broken today in Jesus name!

As always, we are convinced that we are waiting on God to bless an empty position, when it’s God waiting on us to come in alignment with Him by asking for our assignment as an obedient servant ought to.

Remember the Word of God. Is everything not supposed to work for your good? Are wealth and riches not promised to be in your house? Will your cup not overflow with blessings from heaven?

These are all part of God’s intentions toward you when He created you for His assignment, for only the Creator knows what He had in mind for the created.

 God is not man that He should lie.”

But how can promises follow a good work when the assignment has not yet been moved or worked on by the one it is assigned to?

As you read this, may the heavenly hosts restore your will to heed the call of the Lord your God. May God Almighty in His mercy and grace reveal to you what no one else can. And may you live to fulfill your predestined assignment in Jesus name. Amen