GOD'S HANDIWORK - PART 3

 GOD’S HANDIWORK - PART 3

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do(NIV)”.

We have understood so far that we are God’s handiwork and we’ve been called according to his divine purpose and agenda. Still, we would delve more today as we see further what it means to be called according to God’s plan and purpose. Until you have the understanding of a subject matter, you can never be outstanding in it. 

We must know that not only are we God’s handiwork and created in Christ, but we also have a glorious future prepared ahead of us and we must walk in divine plan to fulfil this glorious destiny. By now, we should understand that no man was ever born an accident or a misfit as the world today will term it. Everyone has, ordained for him or her our divine plan and purpose.  Your ability to see the light of this purpose and plan; and not just seeing it but according to the bible running, is VISION. Habakkuk 2:2 “And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it”.  As it has been rightly said, Vision is simply seeing your future in the picture of your mind and walking in it. Walking in the vision for your life is as important as seeing the vision. Nehemiah had the vision to rebuild; he did not just stop at seeing it, he ran also with the vision until it became a reality. 

When your understanding of your Vision is clear, it becomes easier to walk in it. Until we come to understand that we are God’s handiwork and understand what it takes to be in Christ, our vision can never be actualized, so therefore it is very important for you to know that you are God’s handiwork and you are created in Christ. I have heard people say that good things are meant for some persons while the “not good” things are meant for some others. But this is a lie! The Bible makes us to understand that never in God’s agenda is evil for his people (Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”). This is God’s word, not any man’s. Let us also understand that it is only when we have not seen the vision or have not placed ourselves in position to receive, that we can utter statements like that. Until you are rightly positioned the vision will not come. 

Paul said in Colossians 2:6-7(NIV) “so then just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him. Rooted and built in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thanksgiving”. The bible here makes us understand that it is our responsibility to make sure we are rooted and built in Christ; because until we are rooted and built in Christ, our vision remains illusion and will never lead to a future. 

Every man and woman that has attained any heights on earth today is a man and woman of purpose and vision. Men who know where they are heading to and are constantly walking in it because they know that God has prepared it for them. You may now wonder “why are they blessed or why are they great”. Let us make reference to the life of Job. The bible made us understand that Job was the greatest in all the east (Job 1:3). But why was he? Job 29:4 makes us understand that he(Job) had access to divine secrets-VISION. “As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle”

One of the very vital steps to take upon discovering your vision is Planning. In a game of relay, before an attempt is made at racing, there must be an already mapped out plan; part of which is selecting the runners and placing each one at strategic positions for which he or she has potentials. This is the same way with Vision. Until you are positioned and not just positioned, but positioned right, you may end up battling and not realizing that Vision. The place of Planning is not optimal but obligatory for any vision that will thrive. It takes Constructive Planning to excel in life. God won’t plan for us, you are to sit down and plan it. A man once said God gave us sense so that He can rest; therefore, we must take responsibility in the place of Planning, for our Vision to come into full realization. Planning among other virtues is what births Consistency and gives room for Patience.

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