Are you doing what you were born to do?

A talk I heard last year, based on Isaiah 61 – What was Jesus’ ‘because factor’?…

“Every decision was based on it – his [Jesus] heaven mission was the very very central thing to His world that everything else revolved around.”

Isaiah 61: “The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because…”

“We need to be clearer in our objectives than we were say 2 years ago. We need to be clearer than we were 1 year ago. Not just living a life out of reaction, reacting to things that are coming at us, but pro-active. Fuelled by a commitment to Christ and fuelled by this ‘because factor’ on our lives.

“Take responsibility – take responsibility for this because factor in your life. You might feel so underpowered and underfueled right now, and just not confident. It’s usually because we haven’t written that because factor. Why are you alive? What do you want to see God do through your life? “The spirit of the Lord is upon me because.” You know, I have always taken great courage in this verse – Proverbs 16:9, and it says:

“In their hearts, human beings plan their course…” But then it says, “But the LORD establishes their steps.”

You know if you are stepping out, and it is not the perfect will of God and you get all caught in that, “What if it’s not in God’s will?”. Don’t Panic. At least you are moving forward. And if your heart, which is what the scripture is saying, is open to God, and to wise, appropriate counsel, with the right agenda, then you can be confident – God WILL establish your steps. And that means taking something that is not stable, and simply making it stable. Making your steps firm – concrete with a sense of history, and a sense of eternity to it. I love it.”