Today is a Divine Appointment…
Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the Lord has made
As Christians we are taught to seek God’s Will for our life. Some of us have taken this directive and turned it into our little god of life. Like everything else we do, we focus in on the minutia of our destination and lose sight of the journey meant to supply us with everything we need or can imagine by the end of our trip.
We ask children at a very young age, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” We ask them to make decisions for their entire career before they’ve even had their first real job. Very few of us know what we want to do today much less what we SHOULD do with our life, but still we expect the young to know! Secretly I think we would rather live through them than shoulder the very same burden in our own life.
By becoming Life Coaches to someone else, we can pretend that not only have we FOUND God’s will but we have become experts in this job search. In other words, we have been promoted to God’s Head Hunters, hooking everyone up to the job ministry they were meant to do… for God.
Please hear me… I am not dissing ministry or seeking employment in God’s business ventures.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
My point is much more about the time and energy and emotional attachment to the search of fulfilling our Employer’s Will instead of spending it all on our Employer.
Psalm 139:16 …in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.
What if… every moment of every day IS God’s will? What if you don’t have to search, you just have to TRUST and OBEY. What if… the ONE THING we need to DO FOR God is BE His baby?
Here we are, trying to fit ourselves and everyone else into positions of leadership and power within Daddy’s kingdom while still wearing diapers. We go from newborn to CEO of our piece of the inheritance pie in minutes. If not already taking over the power and authority, we prepare to take over through the “Christian School of Acting like God”. Unfortunately, the diapers (and their smell) do sully the hero/heroine we imagine we are portraying/becoming.
This is the day which the Lord has made, why do we waste THIS day to pursue days that may or may not be in our future?
The fact is, IF the days we pursue are to be in our future, THIS DAY is essential to God’s plan for your life… ignore it at your own peril!
“But… But… I have all of these examples IN SCRIPTURE of men/women of God doing and speaking amazing things… I’m going to grow up to be just like them!”
Men/Women of God… yes!
Men/Women of God DOING… NOT!
God doing… through men/women.
Amazing, miraculous, astounding, impossible deeds have been and are being done. YES!!! I want to be one of those people! So, we name it and claim it, and believe that it will be us someday.
Our focus? The minutia – the deeds. We see in the mirror dimly, and fail to recognize that, in each and every saint we see in Scripture, is a lifetime devoted to the journey. We don’t have time for that… we have DEEDS to do! Amazing, miraculous, astounding, impossible DEEDS. Deeds which are meant to elevate us to the Ministry of the Saints Hall of Fame.
For a lot of years, I pursued God’s Will career famous deeds path for my life. I sought out all the options according to the all the test results for my personality and giftedness (compiled by the experts in the industry of Ministry Deeds).
I worried that I wouldn’t choose the right ministry… I worried that I would have to give up my life as I knew it (oops, I’m sorry honey, you and the kids are not part of God’s Will for my life)… I worried that I had to “Go Big or Go Home!”
Let’s just say… I worried (and was encouraged to worry)!
In all my worry, though I did do some deeds of ministry, I didn’t add even one moment of “Hall of Fame” stature to my resume!
I worried because I knew deep down that the only voice I was listening to was human (mostly my own). I didn’t know if God approved of my plan (thus the worry), and the best that anyone could tell me was, “You’ll JUST know”. And so… I waited – and worried – and waited…
I became stuck! I didn’t give up wanting to serve the Lord but I wasn’t about to waste my passion on those part-time positions of busyness until the REAL ministry came along.
Know what happened? I became tepid! Neither hot nor cold!
Know what Jesus says about that?
Revelation 3:15-16 “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
My deeds… mmmmm… spit out? Should I be worrying some more?
No… the key word here is MY… verse 17-18 “Because you say, I am _(fill in the blank_ and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
I admit it… I was! Jesus tells the truth!!…verse 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
The solution to my blind, wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked life?
Wait for it…
THE DIVINE APPOINTMENT…
Revelations 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.”
DINNER WITH THE KING… dine with him/her and he/she with me…
THIS IS THE DAY which the Lord has made
Let us not… make our own plans. Let us not… focus on the minutia – the works of our hands. Let us focus on dining with God Himself.
This is our journey and this is our destination… This is the day which the Lord has made…
WE WILL do amazing works prepared by God beforehand, so that we would walk in them.
Guaranteed!!
All of the days God has made (the days that were ordained for me)… were all written in God’s book, when as yet there was not one of them.
Surely… This is God’s Will for our life. A Divine Appointment each and every moment of each and every day…
Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible