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For 30 years, Christian leader and spiritual adviser Billy Graham has been offering advice to the thousands of readers who share their problems ...
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Did I Miss Out On God's Purpose for Me?
By Billy Graham, Tribune Media Services
Q: When I was young, people told me that God put us here for a
purpose. I asked God to show me what it was, but I'm in my 80s now and
I can't say I've ever done anything special. I tried to do what was
right, to be a good husband and father, and to help our church, but
did I miss something? -- P.L.
A: No, not necessarily; maybe you were doing exactly what God wanted you to do. God wants us to be faithful in whatever tasks He sets before us -- including the ordinary responsibilities of life (although they aren't "ordinary" in His eyes).
Do you remember Joseph, the husband of Jesus' mother, Mary? As far as most people were concerned, Joseph was just an ordinary man who never did anything special in life. He and Mary were poor, and after they settled in Nazareth Joseph spent the rest of his life as a humble carpenter (see Matthew 13:55). He never preached or did missionary work; he simply raised his family and did his job to the best of his ability.
But how did God see Joseph? Think of it: Out of all the families in the world, God entrusted His Son to Mary and Joseph. God knew Joseph would be the perfect father for Jesus (although in reality God was Jesus' father, not Joseph). Because of Mary and Joseph's faithfulness, "Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52).
Thank God for the responsibilities He gave you. Thank Him too for His forgiveness when you fell short. But thank Him most of all for Jesus Christ, and that someday soon you will go to be with Him in Heaven if you have trusted Him as your Lord and Savior.
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This news arrived on: 11/22/2008
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11-22-2008 09:43
Revmark wrote:
God's Purpose
80 years young. You are still in your prime, young man. There is a saying that we use around our church, that sometimes, the only Bible a person may read, is the Bible they read in you. Just the way you have lived your life is a testimony as a Christian. Jesus never commanded us all to go out and reach thousands of people, like Dr Graham has done, but our main goal in life is to be like what 1 John 2:6 says, 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Just be like Him, and everything else will fall into place. And then you will hear, Well done, thou good and faith full servant, you have been faith full over the little things, now I will make you ruler over greater things, enter thou in to the joy of thy Lord. Matthew 25:23
God Bless
Just be like Him, and everything else will fall into place. And then you will hear, Well done, thou good and faith full servant, you have been faith full over the little things, now I will make you ruler over greater things, enter thou in to the joy of thy Lord. Matthew 25:23
God Bless
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