As we spend time talking about new beginnings, I think it’s important to note that what might be NEW for us (and requiring change), is the plan God had in mind for us all along. Before we were even born, He had “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,” Jeremiah 29:11. In fact, as Priscilla Shirer puts it in her book Radiant, we were created with a DIVINE MISSION in mind. Wow! I hope that makes you feel special…chosen and treasured. I hope that makes you realize just how loved you are.
On the flip side, it may also make you realize that you have no idea just what exactly that mission is. Priscilla suggests asking the Lord to open your eyes to your uniqueness and to the assignment that He has in mind for you. Make sure to spend some quiet time with God, praying, journaling, reading scripture. Its in these moments where He’ll reveal the most to you.
I love this affirmation that Priscilla included at the beginning of Part Two of Radiant:
“In Christ, I am fully, finally alive. I am chosen by God, accepted as His child, and forgiven of every sin. I am His daughter, and His light is not just behind me; His light is in me. This means I am not confined by my limitations. My weaknesses are not liabilities. Instead, as an accepted and surrendered child of God, my whole self is a platform for His glory to be displayed. I am who He says I am. I can do what He says I can do. In Him, I can become everything He says I can become.”
Did you catch that? YOU are a platform for God’s Glory to be displayed. That’s part of your DIVINE MISSION: to GLORIFY God! To glorify God means to “REFLECT HIS GREATNESS by revealing His characteristics to others,” Jordan Raynor, Called to Create. What you do and how you do it acts as a catalyst to spread God’s love. That’s big!!
I’ll share more about what Jordan has discovered as key questions to ask yourself when trying to discern God’s calling (i.e. Divine Mission!) in one of my next posts. Until then, check out Priscilla’s book, Radiant. Its full of encouraging, soul-searching information meant to help you realize just how “REMARKABLY and WONDEROUSLY” God has made you, Psalm 139:11.