Recently, I was watching a TV segment, and Kathy Lee Gifford was being interviewed about several topics, including a movie she wrote and starred in, and which was set in Scotland. And while she “puts herself out” as a professing Christian, Kathy Lee included scenes related to drunkenness and premarital sex in her movie; something I believe was wholly unnecessary. (And from my point of view, it would have merited a one star rating either way).
But be that as
it may, during the interview Mrs. Gifford made a couple of statements which I
liked a great deal.
(and)
“As long as
there is a pulse, there is a plan.”
In terms of
the latter statement, I am well past 70 now, and I can identify with it better
than I possibly could have thirty years ago. And, as a result, every day I
pray, “Lord, don’t let me miss whatever remains of my destiny.”
However, I
wish to focus on the first of her two statements here.
“I think as
God’s most magnificent creation, while we live out our lives here, we ought to
be involved in co-creating with Him.”
Any serious
student of the Bible is well aware that God dreamed so pretty awesome dreams
for each of us, by name, and as individuals, before He made the world and the
stars.
Pt. 2
I love
scriptures like,
“Before I ever
took my first breath, you planned every day of my life.” (Psalm 139:16)
(and)
“The Lord will
accomplish that which concerns me.” (Psalm 138:8)
(and)
“I, therefore,
the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation to
which you have been called.” (Eph. 5:1)
Co-creating
with God
I like that
phrase a great deal. Just as our Creator dreamed some pretty magnificent
dreams, and spoke those dreams into existence, something which the Book of
Genesis describes as “work,” He has also given each of us a work to accomplish,
whether our lives are relatively short, as one precious Christian classmate of
mine, or whether they are exceptionally long, as one of my ancient preacher
grandfathers who lived to the amazing age of 108.
In Philippians
2:13, we read,
“For it is the
Father’s good pleasure both to will and act in you according to His purposes.”
I think we are
called to adopt the Mind of Christ for our lives, and having done so, all that
is left is to practice it. And practicing it is all about bringing God’s hopes,
dreams and expectations for us to fruition by deliberate, tangible actions
which emulate those very dreams which God has instilled within us.
by William McDonald, PhD. Copyright pending
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