World purpose
One of the great purposes behind God’s creation is to make a group of people who are his very own. This group will be comprised of those who sought God and his ways, who prefered soul building to soul erosion. God’s final perfection will be this population. It will not be drawn from the Jehoram’s of the world.
What we should do on purpose
You and I do well to inspect our own lives with the help of God. We need to get up off of our spiritual couches and let God take us into the kitchen and into the garage. Allow him to open the cabinets and show us our roaches. Permit him to lift the lid on our packing boxes and show us where the rats have eaten away our valuables. Give him the leeway to call the dumpster company to bring a 30-yard container for our hoardings. Watch him discard our wicked tendencies, throw our evil pet projects out the window, pull up our stained carpet, replace our moldy drywall, wrap up and take away the bottles of slop.
It will look bleak and feel bleak, but that is only temporary. Bit by bit growth will come, cleanliness will dawn, bugs will disappear, walls will be painted, new floors will be placed. Do you know what you will do then? You will stand back and stare. You will say, “God did well.” What God does well lasts and lasts and lasts. Live there. Do this on purpose.
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