Definition

I was reading a blog the other day and it was from a former pastor. He was stating how he got lost in the way of life, he allowed his job to define him, he was a pastor of a church and that made him a Godly man, but then he realized that his job couldn't define him, but God our heavenly father that must be the definition of our lives.

How true that is, when we focus on our jobs, we see that yes it puts food on table, it gives us money to do things, but really who gave us the job? God gave us the job, we need to change our focus from horizontal and focus on God. He is the one and only one that can define who we are. He gives us gifts and He will give us the wisdom to use those gifts when we focus on Him.

I took a gift test the other day with my girlfriend, it is much like a personality trait test, but it is a test to see what spiritual gifts that you have. I started thinking about that, because what the test doesn't show is what God has done in our lives. Where is He calling you to? I don't know, but God is the answer to the question, it is where He calls us to, it is in Him that we find the definition of ourselves. Not through a test, not through the job, not through the church we attend, but in God.

Seek God first in all we do and He will direct our paths.

God is our definition, He is the one to define us, if we don't focus on Him, where does our definition come from? Is it time to focus on God and not ourselves? Hard questions, but God will and does provide.

Change it up, start today doing it God's way and allow Him to order your steps.