Each one of us was born with a purpose. I think it's safe to say that not even half of the population of the world knows what their purpose in life is. That being the case, the majority of people (believers and non believers alike) spends most of their time just existing, serving no real purpose in life but living day to day content to just be.
Gods plan never intended for us to merely exist, and be satisfied to be just a human that’s being. He intended for us to do works of all levels, some great and some not so great but all serving him and serving a purpose on this earth. He wants for us to be or become "humans doing". He wants for us to be influential on the world around us. To be doing things that improve the lives of all we encounter bringing them to a better place in their lives and giving all glory to God.
In order to affect change on our immediate surroundings we need to become God pleasers instead of people pleasers. We need to put into action everything that we believe in and have faith in that is unseen. Saying that we Love God and have faith in him is reduced to mere words unless we live our words out in life. How do we treat other people? Do we leave people and things in better condition than we find them in on a consistent basis? Do we say things that build up or things that tear down? There are people that have great intentions when they say things and they think they’re doing the right thing, but they’re not. If you speak one thing and your actions speak another there is contradiction and hypocrisy. That in itself is a form a lying and is a SIN. That will drive people away, not win them over.
If we are to go out into the world and affect change on our environments in a positive way and tell people about the freedom that comes with having a relationship with Jesus, we have to walk our talk. We have to put into action what we preach. It’s hard yes, but nothing that is good in life is ever easy. This is why so many people are content to just be without getting involved. They are humans being instead of humans doing. How big we increase the size of God’s army is totally dependant on how we present God to other people. If we let the Holy Spirit that lives in each one of us work the wait it see’s fit we can win every time, but we have to be fully yielding to the Holy Spirit’s move and stay out of the way. Bill Johnson says it best when speaking of the Holy Spirit. “The Holy Spirit was put in us as a stream not a lake” what that means is that the Holy Spirit is supposed to flow through us like a stream to other people, so to change the world around us.
Unless we do that we are working in the natural which isn’t the wrong way as much as it is the hard way. God knows best how to use us, so it just makes sense to let him work through us to cause the changes that he wants to take place. That can only happen if we are yielding to him, and we are Humans Doing instead of Humans Being.
Heavenly Father I thank you for this word God. I thank you for showing us where we can improve and where our shortcomings may be. Lord God help us to be more sensitive to your desires and more yielding to your will. We want to impact the world around us in a positive way Father. We want to be Humans that are doing your will instead of Humans that are just being, watching the days go by without changing the atmosphere around us even a little bit. Father God you know what’s best and the best way for us to do things. I pray that you will instill in all of us, a burning desire to increase our prayer life God, to spend more time communing with you, so that we are more like you as a result, able to make positive changes in the world one person at a time.
In Jesus name I pray.
Amen
God Bless You All
Adam
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