“The purpose of life is not to find our freedom, but our Master.” “Why are you in despair…downcast, depressed, discouraged? And why is your soul disturbed? Put your hope in God. Determine to praise Him for the help of His presence. He is your Master.” Psa.42 5
Our soul wants to go its own way from God. God seems to demand what we do not want to do. Why can’t God bless our plans and ideas? Of course, there is a very good reason! Because… we desperately need salvation from ourselves! We are consumed with the temporal and our focus is on survival, comfort and convenience.
God thinks eternity, the lives of others and a higher goal.
God is in control despite our efforts to make our own decisions, apart from him. We miss the blessing, if we are not in harmony with HIS will.
“Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done.
The things you have planned for us. No one can recount them.
They are too many to declare!!” Psa.40: 5
Why are we so slow to understand that our Master, who has planned it all before hand, can be so easily ignored? What do we think is wrong with His plan? Will our natural self ever be able to see the super-natural, without God? That’s rhetorical…of course not!
· Look at the wonders of creation in the detailed planning He did.
· Think of your own situation… the miracles of health, sight, and hearing…
Why would we not want to be led by the One who sees the future?
How many bad experiences have you had with God?
“Blessed is the man who makes the Lord His trust, who lives to please Him.” Psalm 40:3 “I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly. I do not seal my lips. I do not hide Your righteousness in my heart. I speak of Your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal Your love and truth from the great assembly.”
Psalm 40:9,10
I want the blessing!
We are not our own. We were slaves to sin in rebellion,
but now, slaves of righteousness.
“The purpose of life is not to find our freedom…
But to find our owner and boss!”
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
