CRAFTING YOUR UNIQUE LIFE-VISION (Part III)

CRAFTING YOUR UNIQUE LIFE-VISION (Part III)

Mission critical to life success is discovering, developing and deploying the primary reason for our being.  YOU and I are on this planet for a DIVINE Purpose!  Today, let’s take another look at the dynamic Kingdom Principles presented by the late great Dr. Myles Munroe:

Kingdom Principle #3:

“The fact that God started me is the proof (the evidence) that God finished me.”

My life-verse is Philippians 1:6, “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”  This scripture sustains me during the most challenging times.

Indeed, it is a paradox, but God always ends things first IN ETERNITY, and then backs up to start them in the context of time.  The prophet Isaiah confirmed that our God is all about “declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.’” (Isaiah 46:10, NKJV)  If I may be bold enough to paraphrase our Creator, He is saying something like this: “I start at the end…after I have finished.”

That’s why God never panics.  And that is why we must never yield to fits of frustration or stress.  Let’s look briefly at some biblical examples.

The fall of man was no surprise to God; neither did it create consternation or dismay in the heavenlies.  Why?  Because the Lamb that was slain (chronologically only 2,000 years ago) had already been slain in the Mind of God eons “before the foundation of the world.” (I Peter 1:20)  Therefore, THE ATONEMENT (at-one-ment with the Father) was a finished work ages before it had started – long before it was recorded in the annals of human history.  Wow!

It follows, both logically and scripturally, that WE, too, have been “CHOSEN IN HIM before the foundation of the world.” (Ephesians 1:4)  Just as our fore-parents fell from grace and we, their generational offspring, ultimately received redemption via the propitiation of Jesus Christ, we, too, have an open doorway to total restoration when we fail and fall from grace.  In the words of the apostle John, “My little children, these things I write unto you, so that you may not sin.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (I John 2:1)

What does this mean on a practical level?  I love the fact that God had (what we might label) a ‘Plan B for Our Lives’ in Mind centuries before our nativity.  In a word, a divine contingency plan for the actualization of our human purpose and destiny was designed well before the foundation of the world.  This suggests that God does not treat true believers as cosmic experiments.  The Divine Manufacturer incorporated our human flaws into the blueprint!  We are already finished – and even our errors and missteps have been divinely factored into the end product.  Wow!

Sisters and brothers, it’s not too late.  Ask God to give you the courage to dream as a little child again, i.e. to reclaim your vision.  That will almost certainly involve “forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” (Philippians 3:13)  You are far to blessed to ever be distressed.

You can do it.  I believe in you.  But far more importantly, GOD BELIEVES IN YOU!

The question is: Do you believe in God?  If so, then believe what His Word declares about you.  Listen with your spirit.  “All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God.  Blessed shall you be in the city…and blessed shall you be in the country...blessed shall be the fruit of your body…blessed shall be your basket and your store…blessed shall you be when you come in…and blessed shall you be when you go out.  The Lord will cause your enemies to be defeated.  The Lord will command the blessing on you and in all to which you set your hand.” (Deuteronomy 28:1-8)

Recapture your VISION and your dream.  dO IT TODAY!

Stay tuned…more to come tomorrow.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!