“Jeremiah, I am
your Creator, and before you were
born, I chose you to speak for Me to
the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 CEV
INTRODUCTION
As the Lord of all oversees His
creation, I'm sure He has to do a
lot of fine-tuning from time to time
in line with the progress of time
and humanity. Some human
'instruments' are created to fulfill
plans that could impact the whole
direction of history, such as Jesus;
others may have a more mundane
purpose. Never the less, in God's
economy there is no waste, which
means all people must be created
with some level of purpose in mind.
NO BLANK SLATE
A purpose presupposes a need to
answer a call to fulfill it! Many
are called but few are chosen, so
says Matthew 22:14, which means you
are not born with a blank slate, and
life is more than just what you make
it! Our free will gives us the
choice to respond to that unique
call... or not! In Jeremiah's case,
the specific reason he was created
was to be God's voice to the
nations! He answered his call, not
out of instinct, the main motivator
of the animal kingdom, but out of
obedience only made possible because
of choice.
LAST ACTION HERO
Sometimes history and our culture
espouses the heroic deeds of great
individuals whose actions may change
the direction of humanity. However,
most of the time it is not the
'super hero' alone who saves us, as
in the movies, but a 'chosen vessel'
who attracts others of like spirit
and leads them as a community to
change the otherwise downward trend
of all cultures by manifesting the
Kingdom of God 'on earth as it is in
Heaven' (Luke 11:2).
LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE
In nature there is a force that
attracts atoms, molecules and cells
together to create a living
organism. These things just
gravitate together naturally.
Kingdom-minded members of the Body
of Christ don't have to stress or
strain to find their place. People
of a similar purpose will just find
each other.
CHOSEN OR CHOICE?
For those who struggle between
predestination and free will, truth
is the destination found at the end
of the road of balance. Revelation
22:17 says, "...Whosoever will, let
him take the water of life freely."
This clearly invites a choice. Being
created and chosen for a specific
purpose would seem to diminish free
will, but let us imagine salvation
as a doorway to eternal life.
If someone approaches, they would
see written above the door,
"Whosoever will, may come!" If that
individual was so inclined, they
might say to themselves, "I'm one of
the 'whosoevers,' so I will go
through the door!" However, when
they are on the other side, they
look back and see written above,
"Chosen since before the foundations
of the world!"
