THERE FOR A PURPOSE – Tuesday November 18th 2014

THERE FOR A PURPOSE

Memorise: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Read: 2^nd Kings 5:1-4, Bible in one year: 1^st Chronicles 13:1-16:7, proverbs 28:2-13

Know unto God are all His works from the foundation of the world (Acts 15:18). One of the arguments some philosophers put up for the existence of God is that, the Cause of all things must be a rational and intelligent being because to everything the Cause caused to be, is a purpose given. This so-called Cause is God and there is nothing He created that has no purpose. Whatever God permits to come to you or to come your way has a purpose, there is a purpose behind you being an African, European, Asian or American. Far beyond the superficial things you may be looking for in that you exalted position in that organisation, God may have something in mind for you to accomplish. Maybe you got sponsored and supported to occupy a political office or maybe you are in government, have you found out why He opened that door to you, or are you busy seeking mundane things for yourself like the ungodly and unpatriotic ones?

In some cases, God’s purpose might bring you into an unpleasant or desirable situation, just like the young girl in today’s Bible reading. She was taken captive from her native land Samaria to the far and strange land of Syria. However, see what great effect the quite little counsel she gave her mistress had in the life of the great but leprous commander of the Syrian army, and by extension the entire nation of Syria. Beyond the healing of her master, she projected the God of her fathers among the heathen, so that He might be feared and honoured. It is a pity that some Christians today do things that bring shame and reproach to the name of God. Such people misrepresent God through their compromising acts among sinners. Hear what the little girl said in 2 Kings 5:3:

“And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet  that is in Samaria! For he would recover him of his leprosy”.

It is just this one-minute piece of information God was waiting for to orchestrated a chain of events that would culminate in His name being glorified among the heathen. From this story, we also learn why it is good to be nice and kind to those who are around us, even servants, housemaids, gardeners, drives etc. some bosses despise and treat their subordinates inhumanly. Some housemaids, drivers and workers are treated as though they are not human beings (Colossians 4:1). If Naaman and his wife had been maltreating this maid, she probably would not have given them the counsel that led to the removal of their shame and reproach.

Action Point

Objectively identify what exactly you are living for.