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Myspace Layouts .byAlecia. Myspace LayoutsI am on a mission to discover who I am in Christ... to realize what my purpose is on this earth... I know that he has one for me, I just haven't grasped it yet. Although I feel it is right before me, I have yet to take hold of it and pursue it with this passion he has instilled inside of me. It's never good to have passion with no direction... You need to know why it is that you wake up every morning... what am I called to do in this life? it's that purpose driven by passion that allows you to finish the race successfully. I compete against no one, but myself. So who am I? I am a woman who seeks the face of God, who desires to know HIM the best a person can know him, to love him the best a person can love him.. and to finish this race with my Father saying "well done, good and faithful servant"...I can relate to what Paul says in his book to the Phillipians...
"Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they're interested in is appearances- knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ's praise as we do it. We couldn't carry this off by our own efforts, and we know it-even though we can list what many might think are impressive credentials. You know my pedigree:a legitimate birth, circumcised on the eighth day; an Israelite from the elite tribe of Benjamin; a strict and devout adherent to God's law; a fiery defender of the purity of my religion, even to the point of persecuting Christians; a meticulous observer of everything set down in God's law Book. The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I'm tearing up and throwing out with the trash-along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? BECAUSE OF CHRIST. Yes all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant-dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn't want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ- God's righteousness. I gave up all the inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it.
I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out or me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward- to Jesus. I'm off and running and I'm not turning back. So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less that total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision-you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it!" Phillipians 3:2-16 (The Message)
