Day 1 of PDL - It All Starts With God (Adeline's Response)
Hi Jiamin,
Thought I better blog while I have the time...I just got off work around 10 and I came home...Now eating dinner while I blog and wait for my mails to be downloaded so that I can continue working...Talk about a bad week ahead....I'm just taking one day at a time now...Because this month is just bad...My colleagues are going to be away or out of the office quite a bit...And I'm the only one who isn't away....So pray for me as I really need strength....
Anyway, thought I will share with you the thoughts that I wrote down for the past two days....
Points to Ponder
I copied down some of the stuff from the book...
Ephesians 1:11 - In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in confirmity with the purpose of his will.
It is a good reminder to have the three pointers.
1) You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
2) God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about Him. His purpose for your life predates your conception. You may choose your career, spouse, hobbies, etc but you don't get to choose your purpose.
3) The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.
This made me think about these few things. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal life's purposes. I was made by God and for God. I have really been selfish thinking about my own wants and needs and not focusing on the fact that God created me for a purpose and I need to understand that my sole purpose is to glorify Him.
I just have one thought though...I can't choose my purpose, but what if the stupid choices that I make like through my career and spouse and all, doesn't help to fulfil God's purpose? Then what happens? You know how people say if you don't fulfill what God has in stored for you, God can always raise up someone else for the job...So then how do we know that we can achieve that purpose that God has for us?
Question to Consider
For myself, I wondered just now how I can remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself....I realized that I feel empty without God. So I must keep reminding myself that chasing after the things in life do not fulfill me. Man may fail me time and time again, but God will not fail me. He created me for His purpose, so I need to remember I need to glorify God....And I realized to myself how much easier it is to remind myself to live for and love God when I'm surrounded by so much Christian support and encouragement...I realized that I have been very blessed...Even in my work place, I'm still able to have Christian colleagues like Christine and Juliana....=) So God is really good all the time...
Okay, I'm going off now to do my work...Hope to hear from you soon....
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