Drowned!!!

“Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water. Then the ax head rose to the surface and floated. “Grab it,” Elisha said to him. And the man reached out and grabbed it. 2Kings6:6-7

When people see me, this list would probably pop on their minds to identify me.

Name: Callie

1) Dressing sense not up to scratch.
2)Dark skin tone
3)Gapped teeth
4)Messy curly hair
5)A terrible bore
6)Extremely poor at sports
7)Weak in Maths
8)Untidy and real big appetite.
9)Moody
10)Highly obsessed.

But I believe that when God sees me He uses only one unique identifier.

Name: Callie: #MY PURPOSE#

In him we were also chosen,having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.(Ephesians 1:11)

While we use many parameters to identify those around us God identifies people only by the purpose He's assigned for them. When our purpose is completed, life expires.Our purpose is the only reason we're alive.But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. (Psalms 33:11)

An ax with a heavy flattened sharp iron head had a distinct use today. While it was working for other mundane things, it was picked up to cut trees to obtain logs of wood for building a new place for the prophets to meet. A special purpose indeed!!

As it began working on the trees......Alas!!!! the heavy impact caused its strong iron head to fall into the river and it drowned deep. It hit rock bottom. It couldn't fulfil its special purpose.It was useless and would ultimately become a rusted piece of metal.

Seeing this; Elisha, the man of God cut a stick and threw it into water. A stick?? It can only produce ripples on the surface of water... but this stick brought the iron ax head to float.The ax head could now fulfil its special purpose.

I was strong, talented and bubbling with potential. But while I was working, I got stripped apart and was thrown into the waters of depression,failure, rejection, pain, accusation and loss. Having no where to turn, everything was dark and cold. I became weak, dispassionate, and was just being wasted away in a place where no one noticed.

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath...(Hebrews 6:17)

This is when the Cross entered my life. An unappealing, humble wooden cross. It was the power of this Sacrifice that helped me get back on the surface, and ultimately back to the tree to fulfil my PURPOSE.

The power of the Cross is incomprehensible."This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross"(Acts2:23). We enter into a reconciliation with our Divine Creator because of believing that the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ was for us. When this happens, we get back on track to fulfil our PURPOSE , life gets a meaning and our hearts are filled with peace.

Money, relationships, status, power are the resources God puts in our life so that we can fulfil our PURPOSE. Sometimes even after becoming 'saved' , 'born-again' , 'Spirit-filled' Christians we lose our purpose, that's because we begin to focus our entire life(sometimes even our Salvation!) to earn these stuff and to keep us more comfortable instead of recognizing and using these things that belong to God to live up to and execute our PURPOSE.

If we've hit rock bottom and drowned deep, its only the Power of Jesus Christ.The power of a renewed commitment, that will get us to float so that we're picked up to perform our special PURPOSE!!!

For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
(Philippians 2:13)