God's Purpose for Us

This is from Charles Spurgeon's Gems #8

God's Purpose for Us

[There is not a spider hanging on the wall that doesn't have a purpose; there is not a weed growing in the corner of the church lot that doesn't have a reason for being there; there is not a single insect fluttering in the breeze that does not accomplish some divine decree; and I will never believe that God created any man or woman, especially any Christian man or woman, to be a blank, and to be a nothing. He made you for a purpose. Find out what that purpose is; find out your niche, and fill it. Even if it is something small, if it is only to be someone who picks up trash at the side of the road, or one who mows the church lawn, do something in this great battle for God and truth.]

Isn't that an amazing thought when we think how even the smallest insect has a purpose. I always like the quote, "God does not create anything without a purpose, but mosquito's come close"! I truly believe so many of us are crying out, "What is my purpose Lord"? We see larger than life evangelists preaching God's Word and Charles Spurgeon states that the person picking up trash along side the road can feel they are fulfilling God's purpose? Yep, they can. See that is God's road so He wants it to be beautiful as it brings glory to Him.

As humans we are always competing for something. Our reasoning is that it is better to be ahead of someone else. Why? When it is all said and done God is the only One. See I believe as humans we reason, or try too, everything out. The insects just do their thing. Just think, if it is a hot sunny day and you are being plagued by a lot of mosquitoes, maybe God instructed them to bother you because you were in the sun too long. Probably if you are like most you would grab some repellent and keep doing your own thing. Then 30+ years later ask God, "Why did You give this skin cancer to me"? Interesting thought isn't it?

How about all those weeds that come back year after year. Do we thank God for the exercises He gave us by picking them out of His yard? Yep, it's all His my friends! No, probably we go and pay for the weed exterminator to come and spray all those chemicals on the lawn. Of course when our dog gets sick we are asking God, "Why did You let that happen to our beloved pet"!

What I have found, but it took 50+ years to understand, I am here for God's purpose. It is not the other way around.

How can I serve You today Lord? That is purpose!

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott