ARE YOU DOING YOUR OWN THING? Part 2

BARBARA E. PERKINS

ARE YOU DOING YOUR OWN THING? Part 2

Are you still doing your own thing?  God’s word in Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) proclaims, “FOR WE ARE HIS (God’s) WORKMANSHIP (HIS ARTISTRY), CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.”  Did God’s word say that we were created to do our own thing?  God’s word from Genesis 1:26-27 (NKJV) recorded the following powerful image, 26 “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion…  27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”  WHY???  Ephesians 1:3-6

Sheds floodlights on God’s plan for us, “ 3 BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS BLESSED US WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING  IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST, 4 JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM (SELF) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE, 5 HAVING PREDESTINED (PREPLANNED) US TO ADOPTION AS SONS (AND DAUGHTERS) BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL, 6 to the praise of the glory of HIS GRACE, BY WHICH HE MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED.”  God, the Father, wants us for Himself—for His will.  He has blessed us with everything we need to be successful.  We are God’s children CREATED IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS.  If we could just grasp the enormity of that vivid picture!  God is loving, full of mercy, grace and peace.  So are we!  He is just and righteous.  So are we!  He is faithful and can be trusted.  So are we!  Almighty God created us in Christ Jesus to be holy (set apart) and blameless before Him in love FOR GOOD WORKS and He is still molding and shaping us.  Thank You, LORD!   Glory to Almighty God! In the beginning, God walked with Adam and Eve in the garden in the cool of the of the day and they had fellowship with God before their sin/disobedience—before they were persuaded to do their own thing.  If we have been redeemed by Jesus Christ, we can now commune with God as His own dear children.  That’s been God’s plan from the beginning.  God adopted us into His family and accepted us through Jesus Christ in love.  As a result of what you know now, based on God’s word, CAN YOU REALLY CHOOSE TO DO YOUR OWN THING?  Are you persuaded to do God’s will (His word is His will) and allow Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior?  Know that God loves you with a special love, no matter what you have done in your life.

Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!