Sunday 2nd March 2025
GOD’S GOOD PURPOSES
Scripture Reading: Genesis 1
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:31
God looked at what He had made and pronounced them as ‘very good’. God’s works are good morally and productively. Similarly, the Lord wants us to produce excellent results. Every work produces some result or the other, but not all products are beneficial or bring fulfilment to us. It is possible to work very hard and sincerely and yet be fruitless. Fruitlessness is the opposite of fruitfulness. It occurs when we pursue an activity that does not yield beneficial or fulfilling results.
We become fruitless when we pursue activities that do not draw from the strength of our God-given abilities. To be fruitful, we must not just work hard; we must work with the strengths that God has given us.
A mustard seed does not spend its life trying to be an apple seed. The best such a mustard seed will be is just a fake apple, and who goes to the grocery shop to buy fake apples? This helps explain why those who spend their lives trying desperately to be what they are not, end up as frustrated carbon copies who get bypassed by the world.
God has endowed every human being with unique talents, gifts, and ideas, which can be nurtured for beneficial use. These are our seeds. When they are discovered, valued, nurtured and put to use, they grow and bear fruit.
Remember, your seed talent or gift is not acquired outside of you; it is inborn and naturally endowed. However, every gift that God gives us must be developed into a skill and further developed into a strength. It is only when our talents become strengths that we can produce ‘very good’ works. As stewards of God’s gifts, we must harness what the Lord has given us to the highest level possible. Build on God. Build with your strengths.
*Prayer:* _Heavenly Father, you are my strength and wisdom. Help me to produce very good results in all I do. In Jesus’ name, *Amen.*_
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