{"id":936,"date":"2018-04-05T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2018-04-05T04:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T12:28:14","slug":"devotion-galatians-326-who-am-i-what-is-my-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Galatians 3:26 Who Am I? What Is My Purpose?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Galatians 3:26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.<\/i><\/p>\n

Colossians 1:12<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed\u00a0in his name,\u00a0he gave the right to become children of God\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n

Ephesians 2:10<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0For we are God\u2019s handiwork,\u00a0created\u00a0in Christ Jesus to do good works,\u00a0which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God\u00a0and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. 14\u00a0For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.<\/i><\/p>\n

Mark 8:36<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?<\/i><\/p>\n

Who am I?\u00a0 What is the purpose of my life?\u00a0 These are two questions that most, if not all, have wondered about at some point in their life.\u00a0 When in meetings and people state that they wonder about either, or both of these questions, the response is that the purpose of their life is simple and available \u00a0God has given simple answers to these questions.\u00a0 It is not that the answers cannot be found, or are difficult, but whether they will be accepted.\u00a0 We can find the desired answers from the above verses.\u00a0 Here is the end of these questions: Who we all are is people created by God to live in a loving relationship with Him.\u00a0 Our purpose is to love God with all of our heart, our soul, our mind and our strength (Mark 12:30-<\/b>31) and to do the things He has called us to do (Ephesians 2:10<\/b>). That\u2019s our purpose.\u00a0 Simple huh?\u00a0\u00a0 Yes it is.\u00a0 What is difficult is not in knowing, but in accepting and doing.\u00a0 Not that either should be hard.<\/p>\n

Does God exist?\u00a0 Well most have heard the often quoted verse\u00a0\u201c<\/i><\/span>The fool\u00a0says in his heart,<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no God.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0(Psalm 14:1<\/b>)\u00a0 The fact is that all people know, at some level within them, that God exists. All.\u00a0 Man does not need to be told that God exists, they were born knowing that.\u00a0 The proof of it surrounds the existence of all (Romans 1:19-20<\/b>).\u00a0 It is not that a person never knew that God exists, it is whether or not a person allowed it be buried within them.\u00a0 People get hurt and don\u2019t understand so they get mad.\u00a0 As if getting mad at God, burying the Truth of Him within oneself, and proclaiming to the world that He does not exist, can stop His existence.\u00a0 One may push deep the knowledge that God exists, but one can never get rid of that knowledge.\u00a0 Some may push the knowledge of God away, but one can never get rid of it.\u00a0 It burns within.\u00a0 It rises to the top and is embraced or pushed back down, but it is always there.\u00a0\u00a0Psalm 14:1<\/b>\u00a0is not false and it is not harsh.\u00a0 It is truth, no matter who it angers.\u00a0 See, if a man is incapable of knowing the existence of God because the man is physically and mentally incapable of deducing even the simplest fact, then we need not worry about that person\u2019s position with God.\u00a0 God who is absolutely and always good, and who absolutely and positively is love, knows how to be good and loving to such people.\u00a0 For all people who are able to deduce and reason, they know and believe that God exists.\u00a0 Since they know that God exists, they are responsible to find out who God is and what He wants.\u00a0 Even prominent atheists understand this, whether or not they will admit it.\u00a0 So man who knows that God exists, but does not pursue knowing who He is and what He asks of a man, is a fool.\u00a0 Since God exists, and since God is the creator of all, and since everything belongs to Him (including every living being) it is imperative that a man knows that God is and He does have a plan.\u00a0 To stick one\u2019s head in the sand and refuse to see, well that\u2019s just foolishness. Which brings us back to\u00a0Psalm 14:1<\/b>.\u00a0 All of God\u2019s Word is true.\u00a0 The only inerrant book containing God\u2019s Word is the Bible.<\/p>\n

Since God exists, and since who we are and what is our purpose is knowable, let us know and continually ponder who God says that we are and what we are to do.\u00a0 If we know that, then who we are and the purpose of our lives comes sharply into focus keeps us uncluttered and focused.\u00a0 It is simple.\u00a0 It is only matter of clinging to the Truth.<\/p>\n

Who are we?\u00a0 We are all creation of God.\u00a0 Not all are children of God.\u00a0 Being the creation of God does not make us the children of God.\u00a0 We become children of God when we honor what He did to make us His children.\u00a0 He made one way and that one way is through Jesus (John 3:16<\/b>).<\/p>\n

No one can affect our peace and our serenity, if we keep in mind who we are.\u00a0 No circumstance can steal our peace because we know who we are, what our purpose is, and where we are going.\u00a0 Nothing can shake us if we hold onto that knowledge.\u00a0 Here is an example: In the End Times, there will be many Christian martyrs.\u00a0 When the Antichrist slanders Christians (As the antichrist spirit does even now) then the Christian must consider if that effects who they are and if it effects their relationship with God.\u00a0 The answer is that slander from anyone does not affect our relationship with God. What if our employment is taken away?\u00a0 That also does not affect who we are and our relationship with God. What if all our possessions are taken from us?\u00a0 That also does not affect who we are and our relationship with God.\u00a0 What if all our, yes all, our relationships are taken from us?\u00a0 Again, that does not affect who we are and our relationship with God.\u00a0\u00a0Romans 8:38-39<\/b>\u00a0clearly tells us that nothing can take the love of God from us.\u00a0 Those who belong to Jesus are the children of God and nothing, absolutely nothing can come between God and His child, which is what we are.<\/p>\n

Family, we need to remember that God is good all the time and that He loves us.\u00a0 If we lose reputation, career, possessions, relationships or even life itself, it does not change who we are and what God has called us to.\u00a0 Nothing affects our relationship with God because it is within the sovereign will of God.\u00a0 God\u2019s sovereign will cannot be defeated, not ever (Isaiah 14:24<\/b>).<\/p>\n

The simple truth is: We are God\u2019s creation and if we belong to Jesus, we are the children of God.\u00a0 The purpose of the life of all people is to love and serve God.\u00a0 That\u2019s it.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we are here and that is what we are to do.\u00a0 Now, knowing, let us continue forward knowing that will never change.\u00a0 Not ever.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0\u00a0John 8:<\/b>32 \u201cThen\u00a0you\u00a0will\u00a0know\u00a0the\u00a0truth, and\u00a0the\u00a0truth\u00a0will\u00a0set\u00a0you\u00a0free.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Enjoy your life with God.\u00a0 Be free of worry.\u00a0 Be free and confident in your life.\u00a0 God is good and He loves you and, He wants you to know that.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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