Unlikely!

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:10

 

I like movies that make me think.  I like books that make me think.  I like to think.  Hmmmm....there seems to be a pattern here.  Be that as it may, I enjoyed watching "The Imitation Game" over the weekend, which is the story of Alan Turing.  

 

Alan Turing was a mathematician, exceedingly brilliant, socially awkward, and broke the German Enigma code during World War II with a machine of his own creation.  His computer was so far ahead of its time!  Yet to look at Alan Turing or to attempt to interact with him, you would not be impressed at all.  Why?  He was not outgoing.  He was not personable.  He was not jovial.  He could not tell a joke.  He was very serious and focused.  His life was numbers and logic.  He was rather like Mr. Spock from Star Trek or Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory.  Had the British Military not recruited Alan Turing, it would be very unlikely that his computer would have been developed.

 

Confession:  I have over 53 years of doing life wrong.  If there was a way for me to mess up, screw up, or just do it wrong....I did it, thought it, or said it. 

 

 If someone had told me 40 years ago that I would be in ministry, I would have looked at them in disbelief.  

 

If someone had told me 30 years ago that I would be working in a job I loved, I would have told them where they could insert such rubbish.

 

 Even 10 years ago, if you told me that I would get to interact with the most amazing heroes I have ever known.....I would have thought you were drunk.

 

BUT, the fact is God has been preparing me for this purpose since before time began.  How do I know this, because He has proven it to me over and over and over.  Every joy, every tear, every lesson learned, every experience, every dream has been God's hands preparing me for His purpose.  Although, I still don't use Algebra or Geometry, so I don't get that part except maybe to strengthen my patience.

 

Time after time we wonder what our purpose is in life.  We want to know because we like having quick, easy-to-understand answers.  We are not patient at all.  We forget that God has all the time in the world to get us ready to prepare us for what He has purposed us to do.

 

I wish I could tell each person that it's easy to figure out why we are here, but I'm not God.  I wish I could tell people that waiting for God to let us know our purpose is not painful at times, but that would be a lie.  I wish I could tell people that God's purpose for us will jump out at us like a large friendly dog, but what I have figured out.....when we try to focus on reflecting Christ in our lives every day, we will begin to see our purpose take shape.

 

My point: Reflect Christ as you travel through this life.