Hello ladies, my apologies for not writing you much lately. I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. I just wanted to share with you my devotion from today. Be Blessed!
Purpose Driven Day 40: Living with a purpose
"For David...served the purpose of God in his own generation." Acts 13:36 NASV
(Taken from Purpose Driven Life; Rick Warren) Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing...About thirty years ago, I noticed a little phrase in Acts 13:36 that forever altered the direction of my life. It was only seven words but, like the stamp of a searing hot branding iron, my life was permanently marked by these words: "David served God's purpose in his generation." David dedicated his life to fulfilling God's purposes on earth.
There is no greater epitaph than that statement! Imagine it chiseled on your tombstone: That you served God's purpose in your generation. My prayer is that people will be able to say that about me when I die. It is also my prayer that people will say it about you, too. That is why I wrote this book for you. This phrase is the ultimate definition of a life well lived. You do the eternal and timeless (God's purpose) in a contemporary and timely way(in your generation). That is what the purpose-driven life is all about. Neither past nor future generations can serve God's purpose in this generation. Only we can. Like Esther, God created you "for such a time as this." (Esther 4:14) God is still looking for people to use. The Bible says, "The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." (2 Chron 16:9) Will you be a person God can use for his purposes? Will you serve God's purpose in your generation?
