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NEIL ANDERSON'S DAILY IN CHRIST
from Freedom in Christ Ministries
November 9
BECOMING THE PERSON GOD WANTS
But we all . . . are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit (2 Corinthians
3:18).
When you begin to align your goals with God's goals and your
desires with God's desires, you will rid your life of a lot of
anger, anxiety and depression. The homemaker who wants a happy,
harmonious family is expressing a godly desire, but she cannot
guarantee that it will happen. So she'd better not base her
identity and sense of worth on it or she will be a basket case of
anger or resentment toward her sometimes less-than-harmonious
family.
Instead she could decide, "I'm going to be the wife and mother
God wants me to be." That's a great goal! Is it impossible or
uncertain? No, because it's also God's goal for her and nothing
is impossible with God. Who can block her goal? She's the only
one who can. As long as she cooperates with God's goal for her,
her success is assured.
"But what if my husband has a mid-life crisis or my kids rebel?"
she may object. Problems like that aren't blocking her goal of
being the wife and mother God wants her to be, but they will put
her goal to a serious test. If her husband ever needs a godly
wife, and if her children ever need a godly mother, it's in times
of trouble. Family difficulties are merely new opportunities for
her to fulfill her goal of being the woman God wants her to be.
The pastor whose worth is based on his goal to win his community
for Christ, have the best youth ministry in town, or increase
giving to missions by 50 percent is headed for a fall. These are
worthwhile desires, but they are poor goals by which to determine
his worth because they can be blocked by people or circumstances.
Rather he could say, "I'm going to be the pastor God wants me to
be." That's a great goal because nothing can block him from
achieving it.
God's basic goal for your life is character development: becoming
the person God wants you to be. Because it's a godly goal, no one
can block it except you.
Lord, I want to be the person You called me to be today. Thank
You that by Your grace I can be that person.
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