Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It’s cold, but it’s sunny, and as long as the sun is shining I can endure the cold. It’s an amazing thing to wake up with Purpose, and it’s a beautiful thing to open your eyes in the morning with excitement to discover what God has for you to do in His Name. How sad it is to see so many people who will never lift a finger to fulfill their Purpose (if they even understand what that means) and it’s no surprise that life becomes a burden for them because of it. I know with absolute certainty that I’m a Vessel for the King of Kings and that I’m in the Lord’s Army, and that everything about my Life has Purpose…because He says so.,,and THAT is the reason I am alive on this December day and THAT’S what’s behind my Joy and my Peace. Isn’t that the way you see your Life too?

It’s surprising to see how rattled people can get when they’re asked about their Purpose; as if their Purpose can only be defined by what the world considers to be outstanding. They look around their circumstances and they can’t imagine that they could possibly be of use to the King; so, they don’t let Him use them at all. Some people have an idea of what they think God wants them to do, but they never put one foot in front of the other to accomplish it. I’m not sure if they’re waiting for Him to say “ready, set, GO!” or if what they SAY He has planned for them has never been Purposed by Him at all. Either way, it never seems to happen and they blame it all on “God’s timing”.

Some people say they’re too old or too busy or too alone or too broken; but with just a little time spent in the Presence of a Mighty God, and a little time studying their Instruction Manual, they’d see that they don’t have a leg-to-stand-on with those excuses at all. God LOVES using broken Vessels because that’s one way that He can reveal His Majesty. But how many of those excuse-makers EVER say “use me, God!!”? Some people figure out that they MUST be here for a Reason, so they work themselves into a state of exhaustion trying to figure out what their Purpose is; but they only find fatigue and a weary Spirit because of it. Understanding what our Purpose is isn’t nearly as complicated as some people want to believe that it is..all it REALLY takes is embracing the fact that this Life is not about you and me at all. We’re ONLY here for His Purpose and our True Joy and Peace can only be found when we understand that part.

I have a lot of the answers when it comes to Living out my Faith, but I sure don’t have all of them. Thankfully, when it comes to God; I’m not expected to have all of the answers, because it doesn’t take having all of the answers to Serve Him…it takes Faith and Trust and a willing Heart instead. It takes a heart that KNOWS that He loves me…that understands that He knit me together in my mother’s womb…that He has given me breath on this new day and that He can snuff it out any time He’s ready to call me Home. It takes a Heart that will never lose it’s gratitude for a Savior that offers me Hope and a Future. It takes a Heart that understands that I’m not here just to take up space and that the Purpose of my Life is much bigger than anything I can comprehend. It takes a Heart that understands that “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine; you do for Me”.

How about you?