Beautifully Purposed

Think back to when God put the world back into order in Genesis. He had a very specific purpose and plan for each action that he took.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
— Genesis 1:3-5

God knew. Imagine if we were in charge here and had been given a task like this. There’s no way we could have known what was needed or what to do first. But God knew. So God put into action and order that which was missing, in this case light. And he kept on for the next several days, adding order upon order, complexity upon complexity – until finally Adam and Eve came along, the crown of the Creation.

God’s Personal Calling for Your Life

Since God gave it to you — use what He gave!

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
— 1 Timothy 1:2

Paul was counted by God as faithful and was thus placed into his specific ministry. Paul was at the very least an Apostle, Preacher, Teacher and Evangelist. We have all been giving a similar “gifting”:

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
— Ephesians 4:8