Have you ever wondered where you place is in life? Have you ever felt like you didn’t know your purpose or like you didn’t serve a purpose? I think we all go through times like this in life. Yet today’s text for our series, Blogging Through The Bible In 2020, shows us that we do have a place in God’s plan. Judges 13:5 says, “For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Israel has once again turned their back on God. He is going to raise up a new judge for the people. We see that God chose Samson before Samson’s birth for this purpose. It shows us that God knows His plan for our life, even before we are born. Samson would be a part of delivering Israel from the Philistines, but they wouldn’t be completely defeated under Samson. The Philistines full defeat would come many years later. If Samson’s life was judged by whether or not he completely destroyed the Philistines, he would have been judged as a failure. However, Samson served his purpose in God’s plan.
You and I have to understand that we are only a part of God’s plan. Sometimes, God uses us to share the Gospel with someone. At other times, God uses us to continue to share the Gospel with people, and even speak new truths into their life. As Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians, some sow, some water, but it is God who gives the increase. Think of it like working a puzzle. We love to put the outside of the puzzle together first, because that means that everything else must fit inside the box. However, God can’t be put in a box, and seldom does God give us all of the edge pieces in our life. But what God does give us, is the piece that is needed for the next step in our life. We may not see how it all fits together, but we just have to trust that God is moving us and putting us in front of those He desires us to reach. Where is your place in God’s plan? What is He asking you to do? Remember, it’s not about what we do for the kingdom, it’s about being faithful in what He has called us to do.
By His grace and for His glory,
Pastor Justin