We have many goals in life, at the start of each New Year we often make resolutions to improve our physical self, to get fit, go to the gym, lose weight and diet. Although it is important for our well-being to be physically healthy I know many people who, after attaining their goal find it has not brought them the contentment desired, the root cause remains and they are still unhappy with themselves.
In the film 'Cool Runnings' the coach, who had once cheated in order to win a gold medal, told his team "A gold medal is a wonderful thing – but if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it".
Yesterday I shared the importance of looking forward and pressing on to our heavenly goal. Discovering our true self, the person we were created to be and discovering our God-given destiny is part of that goal. Without a real sense of God's purpose there is a grave danger we will determine the way ahead on our own. When we allow God's spirit to convict, cleanse and conform us to his will, we become that priceless treasure and privilege, our true self. Your life is an unrepeatable opportunity; it is a work of art that will be created once only, you will know God differently from anyone else and the revelation you receive will be seen by others. I believe our inheritance is more than we could ever hope for and that begins in this life, I believe also that far too many of us settle for so little of our true inheritance in Christ.
My choice is you, God, first and only.
And now I find I'm your choice!
You set me up with a house and yard.
And then you made me your heir!
The wise counsel God gives when I'm awake
is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I'll stick with God;
I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.
Psalm 16v5-8 [The Message]
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience, when we know our true identity in Christ we begin to walk in our God-given purpose and destiny, releasing the full portion of our spiritual inheritance.
Dawn Milward
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