Finding Purpose
Thursday January 30, 2020
“My life is of great beauty and infinite value. God has a plan for my life that is meaningful, purposeful, and joyful.”
God created us in love for a life of meaning and purpose that is far beyond what we have known so far. Some of us wandered into addiction because life felt empty and we were looking for something to fill us up. Sadly, we made the wrong choice. Not only were we not filled up, but after a time in addiction, we were empty and in worse shape than when we began. God’s plan for our lives hasn’t changed even though it’s taken us a while to get to this place where we are actively seeking to know and do God’s will in all our affairs.
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. (Exodus 9:16 NIV)
Our lives were meant to reveal how wonderful God is and the amazing things He has done. He created us to be a part of our family and of a loving, caring community. In whatever ways we’ve missed this good purpose for our lives, God is ready and willing to show us the path to finding it now. He doesn’t give up on us or His plans for us. He’s able to use even our blunders in His amazing plan that will spread goodness in our lives and in the lives of people we encounter from here on in. Sound unbelievable? Sure does, but God’s word is reliable and that’s what He says. It’s what we can confidently rely on in our new life with Him in recovery.
A man named Job went through hard times where nothing was working and nothing made sense and in the middle of that he said to God, “I know you can do everything. You make plans, and nothing can change or stop them.” (Job 42:2 ERV) He was right, and in a short time God’s plan for blessing Job was evident to everyone. The same is true for us. All we need to do is ask God and He will show us, one step at a time, how to walk in His good purpose for our life.
Prayer: Loving God, You have promised to give me the desire for Your will to be done in my life and the power to carry it out. I’m asking for both of those today. Use my life to demonstrate Your goodness wherever I go. Amen
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