Tuesday February 16,2010 Day 16

Discovering Who You Were meant To Be
Who am I ? What is my niche , my passion? Who have you created me to be?
How do we discover who we were meant to be?
I do not believe that anyone was born by accident but that we are all born with a purpose. I think whatever our purpose is it is meant to ultimately glorify Him but I also think it should bring us joy along the way.
I feel closest to God and closer to who I am when i am in nature. The oceans, the woods, even a gentle breeze , you have to realize then that there is a God in the grand scheme of things. That there is a Master designer.
I know people at different times in their lives say "I need to find myself" I think at this point and time they have quit really living and are merely existing. They don't know their place in life and have forgotten who they are .
I also believe that you think at different times in your life that you are made for different things. I know when I was thirty two when my health began to fail and I could not be a EMT or Nurse that I really began to struggle with who am I ?
Now I know years later that I was so consumed with my career that I did not know who I was outside of that identity. It forced me to look at other avenues of who am I really? Which was a good thing. I don't think we are made to just be worker bees.
I realized then , after a few years, that my gardening skiils were a lot more broader versions than I thought, that I had writing skills, and that i could enjoy sometimes just being able to take the kids to school myself.
Satan tells us that we are no good. That even if we did try something we would falter. You have failed and are worthless. He tries to shatter our confidence and who we are made to be. But God's word says "You are my child. You are a child of the King. You are forgiven . You are valuable. You are worth So much to me I gave my own son. You are worth that much. Ephesians 2:10 says "We are Gods workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works , which God prepared in advance for us to do"
You must gravitate towards your strengths. We are taught to be "well rounded " from a young age. To follow tradition , to color inside the lines and to stay inside the box. But God never meant for us to be well rounded. He has gifted each of us uniquely. We are supposed to focus on what we are good at and let go of what we're not good at. I am not a good singer! I do sing a big part of most days as I love to praise Him and to Him it's a joyful noise, but I would never try out for a singing part. But I am working on being a better writer, a better communicator and a better person. Our greatest potential lies in the areas of our greatest strengths.
We learn more about who we are by focusing on Him, as we are created in His image.
As we develop a closer relationship with our creator as the source of who we are, we become more like Him and it hinders the enemy's attempts to steal our identity.
Make a list of your strengths, everything you can think of, now go back over your list and and beside each one write how much time this past week you have devoted to using or improving this gift.