Over the last few days, I've realized that I have allowed myself to be deceived.

Not only that, but I have been encouraging others to embrace lies, half-truths, a gospel that does not save, and a picture of your calling that encourages you to exalt yourself and forget Jesus.

I used to say, “God appointed you to live at this time in history to fulfill a specific mission.”⁣⁣⁣ Well, I think that’s partly true:⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣⁣“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” - Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣⁣But it’s not the whole picture!! Because my intention in saying “God appointed you to this time for a specific mission” was primarily to encourage people to glean glory, pride, and personal happiness from their own power and purpose. This urged myself and others to crown ourselves the kings and queens of our own lives, instead of putting Jesus at the center.

So I wanted to repent and say...

BE CAREFUL OF HALF-TRUTHS! I am so, so sorry I was spreading one.⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣⁣For it was NEVER God’s intent to make us feel like a god. Instead, it was His intent to assign us to our stations in life SO THAT BY HIS GRACE WE WOULD KNOW HIM.⁣⁣⁣

Because HE DOESN'T NEED US, we need HIM!⁣⁣⁣

Read: ⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣⁣Acts 17:24-28 (NIV)⁣⁣⁣

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. ⁣⁣⁣And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.⁣⁣ From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’⁣⁣

Isn’t that incredible!? God is so gracious to do everything in His power to help us know Him so that we may experience the gift of eternal life with Him!⁣⁣

⁣⁣My lesson in this:⁣⁣⁣

God didn’t intend for us to be prideful in thinking, “God predestined me to fulfill this mission so that I can be a savior.”⁣⁣⁣

He intended everything in our lives to point us to realizing that JESUS ALONE is our savior.⁣⁣⁣

In regards to finding your calling:

1. Remember that the most important thing God is calling you is faith and hope in Him and to disciple others to grow in the faith with you

2. Any unique calling from God places on your life, telling you to go here or there, or to complete a certain mission, IS FOR HIS GLORY, not yours

3. A calling is SERVICE, not self-righteousness 

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