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“It’s an even sweeter day when you discover your God-designed task. It fits.”

A thought by Max Lucado from his book, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours (p. 98). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Let’s look for a moment at finding your God-designed task.  OK?

Max says, “It matches your passions and enlists your gifts and talents. Want to blow the cloud cover off your gray day? Accept God’s direction.”

After some examples he says, “‘The Lord has assigned to each his task’ (1 Corinthians 3:5 niv). What is yours? What is your unique call, assignment, mission? A trio of questions might help:

“In what directions has God taken you? Tally up the experiences unique to you. ‘Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to’ (Ephesians 5:17 tlb). In what culture were you raised? To what lifestyles have you been exposed? Your past is a signpost to your future. Ask Moses. His Egyptian childhood experiences prepared him to stand before Pharaoh. David grew up herding sheep. Not bad training for one called to pastor a nation. Paul’s pedigree as a Roman citizen likely extended his life and his ministry. Your past is no accident.

“What about your burdens? What needs has God revealed to you? What makes your heart race and blood pump? Not everyone weeps when you do. Not everyone hurts like you do. Heed the hurts of your heart. We each ‘run with patience the particular race that God has set before us’ (Hebrews 12:1 tlb). Do you know your event?

“What abilities has God given to you? ‘Christ has given each of us special abilities’ (Ephesians 4:7 tlb). What comes easy to you? Some of you can manage large numbers. Others manage large orders. You excel at something and do so with comparatively little effort.”

He then says “Direction. Need. Ability.  Your spiritual DNA.  You at your best. ”

Galatians 6:4 says, “Make a careful exploration of who you are.”

So, this is a good place to start in your exploration to find your God-designed task, isn’t it?


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