Let Out What’s Locked In
(Ephesians 1:11) “IT’S IN CHRIST THAT WE FIND OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE LIVING FOR. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, He had His eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone.” (MSG)
One day a boy climbing in the mountains found an eagle’s nest with an egg in it. When he got home, he put it under a hen along with her other eggs. When the eagle hatched, he THOUGHT he was a chicken. He LEARNED chicken BEHAVIOR and scratched in the chicken yard with his “siblings.” HE DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTER! Sometimes he felt strange stirrings WITHIN HIMSELF, but he didn’t know what to do with them, SO HE IGNORED OR SUPPRESSED THEM.
After all, if he was a chicken he should BEHAVE like a chicken. Well, one day an eagle flew over the chicken yard and the eagle looked up and saw him. In that moment he realized he wanted to be like that eagle, to fly high, and to go to the mountain peaks he saw in the distance.
As he spread his wings, he suddenly understood that he was in fact just like that eagle. Though he’d never flown before, HE POSSESSED THE INNATE, INSTINCT AND CAPABILITIES to do so. At first, he flew unsteadily, then with greater power and control.
Finally, as he soared, he knew he’d discovered his true self—the creature god made him to be!
People of God, whether you know it or not, you were made BY God and FOR God. And until you understand that, your life won’t ever make sense.
Because it’s “IN CHRIST” that we DISCOVER our purpose, our significance and our destiny. In other words, “IN CHRIST” we DISCOVER what’s ‘IN US’! Which means, you will never discover what’s in you while comparing yourself with others, competing with others or imitating others.
You discover what’s in you through your relationship with Jesus Christ. If you never have one or develop and strengthen one with Him, you will forever wander aimlessly, never reaching your goal or fulfilling your calling.
To discover what’s in you, all you have to do is build a relationship with the One who lives in you? And it’s not like you have to go through great lengths to talk to Him either.
Remember: He Lives IN You! You may never talk to the President, but the Sovereign God of ALL you can talk to anytime at all! So, what are you waiting for? He paid a great price to live in you!
Think about it, you have IN you…GOD! How much more inspiration do you need to birth what you’ve been pregnant with? God Himself is in you as a midwife trying to get you to push, so why are you pulling back instead?!
The Bible further states: “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7 NIV)
Did you know you have TREASURE WITHIN YOU? God put it there. It’s in your unique qualities, talents, skill-set, anointing, gifts, abilities plus the fire in your soul. Now, life may have thrown cold water on that fire, BUT GOD CAN REKINDLE ANYTHING! The word ‘rekindle’ is defined as, ‘to relight (a fire); to revive (something lapsed or lost)’. This is your season to relight your fire and revive what you’ve allowed to lapse and be lost! Therefore, it’s time you do as Paul admonished: “This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.” (2 Timothy 1:6 NLT).
I don’t care how long it’s been since your gift has been on fire, but now is the time to fan it into flames again! I know depression, discouragement, and the like may have doused your fire, but the Holy Ghost can rekindle it! However, you have a part to play as well, you have to “fan into flames”.
Today, take charge and take courage and fan your gifts back into a flaming fire! Everything God placed in you has value, it all has treasure even in your little old jar of clay!
So don’t depreciate its value by letting it rust, rot and come to ruin. Note, this treasure within you “IS FROM GOD” And what He OWNS He PROTECTS, He NURTURES, and USES to HIS GLORY!
But know that God is a wise businessman; when He invests, HE EXPECTS A RETURN!
So, you’re not waiting for something great and grand to drop out of the sky and into your belly, it’s already there!
Fan your gifts into flame and rekindle your fire for ministry so that you can turn your potential into purpose and fulfill your entrusted destiny and calling!
Think About This: It’s said that the WEALTHIEST spot on this planet is not the oilfields of Kuwait or the diamond mines of South Africa.
No, the richest deposits lie in your local cemetery! Buried beneath those sacred grounds are rich dreams that never came to pass, prosperous songs that were never sung, a wealth of sermons that were never preached, valuable lessons that were never taught, a multi-million dollar business that never began, #1 best seller books that were never written, break-through ideas that were never shared, an abundance of visions that were never seen, expensive inventions that were never designed, high-priced plans that never got beyond the drawing board of the mind, and priceless purposes that were never fulfilled!
Sadly, only a tiny percentage of those who live on this planet will discover and fulfill their true purpose and potential!
Do you want to be one of them?
Then ask yourself: “Who am I? Why did God put me here? How much potential do I have? How can I maximize my ability for His Glory?”
Within the answers of these questions lie the keys to unlock a fulfilling life!
Listen, life is far too short to leave it undone, incomplete and unfulfilled.
So today is your wake-up call challenge to write the book, produce the play, preach the sermon, teach the lesson, start the business, open the church, purchase the house, go back to school, change careers, buy the car, take the vacation, board the cruise, face your fears and go for it! If you never really LIVE what LEGACY will there be to leave behind?
Stop delaying, stop procrastinating, stop hesitating, stop blaming others, stop pointing fingers, stop making excuses.
Get to work on fulfilling all that’s within You! After all, you can’t keep saying “I’ll do it tomorrow”, eventually you will run out of tomorrows! So, discover what’s in you today and began birthing it out of you TODAY!
And if you haven’t found your life’s purpose yet, TALK TO GOD!
“EVERYTHING…FINDS ITS PURPOSE IN HIM” (Colossians 1:16 MSG). Literally Everything! Whatever the purpose, it’s found in Him so it’s fulfilled through Him!
You say, “But I have failed so badly.” Maybe that’s true, but you’d be amazed at what God can do with a broken life—when you give him all the pieces!
As poorly put together as you think you are, your Purpose is found in God, and He will not allow you to lose it!
Your mistakes, missteps, errors, and even deliberate sins, transgressions and iniquities still cannot stop God from producing what He’s placed in you!
Repent, Turn, Change, Be Restored so You Can Finally Become!
Let no one make you think it’s harder than that! I mean have you read through the Bible? If God can use all of those, His misfit children, HE CAN CERTAINLY USE YOU!
Let’s be honest, you’ve been comfortable in your complacency long enough! And when you get too comfortable, God has a way of stirring things up!
Just like a mother eagle who teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they’re forced out of it!
Next, they are pushed off a cliff edge! So, one way or another they must soar, because it’s what’s “in them” and likewise you are the very same!
“But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.” (Isaiah 40:31 AMP)
The last thing we need is another valuable asset turned into a cheap loss-laden liability, stuffed in the coffin of unfilled purpose and potential!
So, discover what’s in you, then determine to bring it out!
- SYS Ministry
Reflections Ministries / Calvin Wyatt / e-mail: [email protected]
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