August 11, 2009

1 Corinthians 7:17 - "Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him."

These words are so loaded. The verses that further elaborate. For example, if you were uncircumcised at the time of your call to Christ, don't seek to be circumcised (verses 18-19). It seems to me two calls of God are discussed in this passage: a call in life and a call to Christ. These calls points to God's having a purpose for each of us in our lives. God made us for a purpose. With David we can praise God with these words of Psalm 139:13,16: "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb" (v. 13) ... and... "Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."

God's purpose for each of us is further described in 1 Corinthians 12:18 - "But as it is, God arranged the members of the body, each one of them, as He chose." We have a purpose and a place designed by God in what we do with our lives each day and in the body of Christ (the church).

O Lord, open our eyes to see all that you designed us to do and be faithful in doing those things by the strength that only You can provide.