God Has a Job For You

1 Peter 2:9 But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

One of the things that many people struggle with is a lack of purpose – this sense that life is heading nowhere. And that’s true even of people who profess a faith in Jesus, the Saviour of the world.

There are degrees to which we each struggle with purposelessness. I’m a driven individual with a clear sense of God’s calling in my life. But even with all that, thoughts of doubt can creep in. Am I really making a difference? What does it all mean anyway? You know the sort of thing.

And then there are those who feel like a cork tossed around on a stormy sea with no land in sight. Purpose? Man, I’m barely surviving!

Wherever you’re at, having a firm handle on your purpose makes your faith in Jesus real. It puts fuel in your tanks and switches the afterburners on, amen?!

So, in case you’re in any doubt, here it is – His purpose for you:

1 Peter 2:9 But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

I don’t know what your specific gifting is or what doors God may have opened for you to exercise them. What I do know is that if you believe in Jesus, you’re special. If you trust in Him, you’re holy, one of His priests, one of His mediators, brought out of the darkness of your sin into His wonderful light, in order to … tell about the wonderful things He has done.

So go tell the world. That’s your purpose.

And that’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.

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