Born with a purpose …

The birth of Christ on that first Christmas Day was not God’s plan B, it was God carrying out the plan crafted by the Trinity before the work of creation ever started. It was a profoundly intentional birth!

So was yours.

Your being born into this world is every bit as intentional by God as Christ’s birth was. You’re not an add-on or an extra. You’re not simply one among billions. You weren’t thoughtlessly included in creation. You’re not just a number. God desired and designed a life for you before He ever made you.

Just as Jesus was born with a purpose — that of seeking and saving the lost — you, also, were born with a purpose. Yours is to worship, glorify and enjoy God, and to carry on Christ’s mission on earth of seeking the lost so they may be saved through Him.

Yes, your birth was intentional. But is your living intentional?

The intent surrounding the birth of Christ became a reality. The Christ-child became the Savior of the world. Through His life, we have the means of a new birth so that we can live out God’s original intentions for us.

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago,” Ephesians 2:10.

Do you intentionally live for the glory of God? Do you intentionally live as His child? Do you intentionally live as an ambassador for Christ? Or do you have for your life intentions that differ from God’s creative purpose for you?

Scotty