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My life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus – the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. –Acts 20:24 (NLT)

 

I like to cook. I relax that way (sick, I know, to some of you.) I recently purchased a new product that, to my surprise, exceeded any expectations I had. It was so good that I found excuses to cook with it. I am sure my family was pleased with the food, the fruit of my new-found inspiration.

 

Scripture makes clear many things (I admit it is foggy, to me, on many things like roaches and humidity.) Three of these things are

 

•        We each have a purpose
•        We will not be satisfied until we "do" our purpose
•        In "doing" our purpose, we will produce fruit that enlivens others

 

Our purpose is revealed through the experiences we have had, the talents we have from birth, the passions we develop, and the gifts we get upon becoming a follower of Christ. My experience is that few invest the time and effort to uncover these gifts and fewer still have the resolve to employ them. Employing them means change. Employing them means criticism from those who have an investment in us not changing. Too bad, many who would have been enlivened by God working through us will miss the power of the spirit we would unleash. We, too, miss out.

 

In a parable, Jesus teaches that those of us who keep safe what we have miss out on life and those who risk it all not only have the ride of their life, thy also have the ride of the next life as well.

 

Father, let me not be puny today. Send me on an adventure that suits me to a T