I was lead to Ezekiel today and did some reading in chapter 36 and then read chapter 37! Wow! This then lead me to doing just a little bit of background research on Ezekiel. By research I mean I googled "Who was Ezekiel" in google. Between reading chapter 37 and my little bit of research, it really got me thinking. Sometimes our purpose can be a bit challenging. I mean really who wants to be sent to an outcast city and then have to be used by God to teach into the people about the things that really they should not be doing and really why they are in the outcast city! Not Me!! Ezekiel was most likely not liked and I am pretty sure people would walk the other way when they saw him! Ezekiel was used by God to pull His children back to Him and show them the trueness in God!
This got me thinking:
I must say, I don't think I have ever allowed God to have 100% of me! There have been chapters in my life that there was such a strong connection with my Father, that it truly felt amazing...but I have yet to give Him ALL of me!!
Do I want an Ezekiel in your life:
As I read more in Ezekiel - I have realized I do not ever want an Ezekiel in my life! Because, that would mean that I had wonder so very far from God that he had to go to extreme measures to pull me back! (As I sit and write, I keep stopping to really take in what I am writing...it is not fun to do!) The reality is, God goes to the extreme daily for me and you!! I am that loved by Him and so are you! DAILY He fights for me! Daily he places an Ezekiel in my life path, not for judgment but for me to see myself through His eyes and for me to see that this world needs me because I have a purpose! By me not being willing to give Him 100% of me there is a chance that my purpose may be missed simply because I am not aliening myself with my Father and trusting him with my life.
What if I hold back from God:
So here is a thought, when I choose not to allow God to have all of me I may miss my purpose and because of me missing my purpose that next process that is needed from my purpose will never begin. By me missing my purpose that next person will miss their purpose and then the next and next and next!! It can be a rippling effect, a much bigger one that we can imagine!! By me being selfish and not TRUSTING God enough for just my life, I am in a nut shell affecting another child of God, that needs me to trust God 100% so they in return can see that trust in God through another human! (is your mind blown like mine was when God placed this within me today!!!)
Let me clarify this if I can - we all were created by God for a purpose, this is a fact! But by withholding a part of us from God, doesn't' mean we can not still be used for our purpose. He is God and can do much with little!
Closing thoughts:
Life is NOT about me or you!! It is about being His vessel and being WILLING to be used for things that may hurt, seem confusing, can be ugly, scary, hard, uncomfortable, easy, fun, exciting, challenging...in the end our purpose has a next chapter to it. We have to be WILLING to connect our purpose to the next chapter (and often we will NEVER get recognition for this - no name mentioned, no pat on the back, no well done friend...nothing!). We may never truly know the impact of our purpose or even see the outcome or know the people that are all connected BUT our purpose means (I love this) one day our eyes will be opened and when we finally see our full purpose it will be so overwhelming because we will be standing with Jesus and he will say
"See it is beautiful, all this from your purpose - this my child is beautiful!!
Prayer: Lord, I know I have to trust you and know that your ways are higher and you are weaving all things together!
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