God’s Design For Us

The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and to have – nothing more and nothing less, and nothing else – would set our hearts at rest and we would discover that the simpler the life the greater the peace.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

It is not what you are nor what you have been that God sees with His all-merciful eyes, but what you desire to be.

A child delights in what he has, a youth in what he does, an adult in what he is. The thing that delights you will direct you.

May [God] grant you according to your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your purpose/goals (Psalm 20:4).

Man and women are both necessary, unequal in nature, but equal in value; mutually dependent. Without either we would have only half a world, and a very dull one.

Coming to Christ as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen by God and precious. You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:4-5).

For I – through the law – died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer [the old] I who lives, but Christ lives in [the new] me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God… who loves me (Galatians 2:19-20).

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).

Is our attitude today an attitude that flows from our vision of God? Are we expecting God to do greater things today than He has ever done before?

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him, for God’s temple is sacred [already set aside for Him and His use]. You are that temple! (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)

Nor will people say “here it is” or “there it is”, because the kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21).

I am the vine. You are the branches.  If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit.  Apart from Me you can do nothing (John 15:5).

Jesus demands the adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him.

Be confident of this very thing: that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it on the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6).

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. In You, O my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exalt over me… Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths (Psalm 25:1-2, 4).

This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My Word (Isaiah 66:2).

God gave you a mind – use it to know Him better; study the doctrines that put steal into the cement of your faith. God gave you a will – use it to obey Him; make decisions that honor Him and please Him. God gave you emotions – use them; let your heart show through. If we refuse to allow the full prism of His love and truth to shine through our lives, we will miss much of the color life has to offer!