“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5).
God created you and placed you on planet earth. That you are alive at this particular time is no accident. God knew that you are exactly what this world needs. So God created you, birthed you, and placed you in your life right now.
God is not asking you to be Mother Teresa. God is not asking you to be Billy Graham. God is not asking you to be Pastor Bill or Pastor Brad. God is calling you to be you. God is calling you to be the best version of you, just the way God intended you to be.
You discovering your place and role in God’s kingdom is exactly what God desires of you. I love the way Dr. Seuss put it.
If you’d never been born, well then what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!…
Or worse than that…Why, you might be a wasn’t.
A wasn’t has no fun at all. No, he doesn’t.
A wasn’t just isn’t. He just isn’t present.
But you…You ARE YOU! And, now isn’t that pleasant!…
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Shout loud, “I am lucky to be what I am!”
Thank goodness I’m not just a clam or a ham
Or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam!…
I am what I am! That’s the great thing to be!
Be the you God created you to be. That’s exactly what our world needs.
Praxis: Faith in Action 