ODB: A New Purpose
August 12, 2011
Keep your eyes on the Lord and you won’t lose sight of life’s purpose.
READ: Acts 9:1-9
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. —Jeremiah 29:11
A 60-year-old hotel in Kansas is being renovated into apartments. A rusty ship that is docked in Philadelphia is being restored and may become a hotel or a museum. Hangar 61, an admired piece of architecture at the old Stapleton Airport in Colorado, is being transformed into a church. Each structure had a specific use that is no longer viable. Yet someone was able to see promise and a new purpose in each one.
If structures can find new life and purpose, why not people? Think about these men in the Bible whose lives took an unexpected direction. There was Jacob, who wrestled with the angel of the Lord (Gen. 32); Moses, who talked to a burning bush (Ex. 3); Paul, who was temporarily blinded (Acts 9). Their stories were different, but all had a change of purpose when their encounter with God sent them down a new path.
We too may experience circumstances that change the course of our lives. But God reminds us of this: I loved you before you loved Me. I want to give you hope and a future. Give all your worries to Me because I care about you (1 John 4:19; Jer. 29:11; 1 Peter 5:7; John 10:10).
As you cling to God’s promises, ask Him to reveal new direction and purpose for your life.
— Cindy Hess Kasper
Source: Our Daily Bread
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ODB: A New Purpose
August 12, 2011 READ: Acts 9:1-9 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. —Jeremiah 29:11 A 60-year-old hotel in Kansas is being renovated into apartments. A rusty ship that is docked in Philadelphia is being [...]
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Thank you so much Cindy for such an awesome and inspiring devotion, in all of our lives we experience times of uncertainty, but as we keep God as our lighthouse we most definitely will not lose sight of His purpose for our lives.
Thank you Cindy for todays devotion,A new purpose,it reminds me of Jeremiah 18.We are clay in God’s hands being moulded into pots that seem best to Him.