True Identity Ministries Blog

"This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to the Message."
Ephesians 3.7 (MSG)

Ever wonder what your purpose is? What God has planned for you? I wonder that at times, truth be told. But Paul lays it out for us in Ephesians 3...that our life work is to help people understand, and respond to, the gospel of grace.

Perhaps you wonder what that Message is exactly, that he mentions here? If so, read the New Testament. Read the Gospels. The Message is the gospel of grace, extended to us through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Perhaps you don't feel very well equipped for such a task? That perhaps it should be left to the pastors, missionaries, and uber-spiritual Christians of the world?

Not so.

Paul continues in Ephesians 3.8, "When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God's way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities."

Even Paul, of all people, didn't feel quite qualified to help people understand the Message. But he knew without a shadow of a doubt that God had equipped him to do so.

God desires to use the weak for His purpose. It is in weakness that His power really shines. It leaves no question that God did it; not the ability of a person, but the power of God working through someone.

Remember, your purpose today and everyday ahead is to share the Message with the people in your world. If you and I are not doing this, than what are we here for? What are we doing to advance the Kingdom of God?

And know that God has equipped you to do so :)