Unity Project-14
Our primary purpose in our walk with God is that of a ‘son or daughter of God’. The thing about this primary identity is that our other roles in our lives often become exalted over this identity. It’s a real battleground. We usually say we are the worker, the husband, the wife, the boss, the father, the mother, the brother, the pastor, the rebel, the consumer, etc.., etc… Some of these other identities are fabulous and admirable, but the catch is that if we seek them first then we limit our ability to do any of them to the fullest potential that God intended.
Why? Because we are usually counting on our own ambition and strength.
Whereas when we seek our primary identity, God actually gives us the strength to will and to do our best in the other respective roles of our life.
Am I the only one that thinks it is difficult at times to know “the will of God”? There have been seasons in my life where it felt impossible to know what was right. Or times when my circumstances seemed so bad that there was no good option. I’ve begun to think that in these times of indecision and confusion the main flaw is that I am trying to figure out God’s will through the primary lense of one of these inferior roles. I’ve started to realize that when I seek my primary role as His son that it clarifies all my other roles and what is even greater is that He does most of the work. He is excited about being my creator and dad. He can’t wait to empower me to become full and happy to pursue the things He created me to do and be. I see it like He is sitting there saying, “Finally this knucklehead Damon is pursuing something I can get behind”.
I know, I know. At times what I am talking about seems like the hardest thing in the world, it seems so counter intuitive to not focus on an area of our life that seems so important. We can even think we are being neglectful of our “duties”. However, I am becoming convinced that this one choice to pursue Him opens up every other choice in a more brilliant and full way.
The best part of all of this to me is that I can truly trust and rely on His love toward me to fulfill this role. It’s His great pleasure to pursue me as His son.
