As a
human being we are all created according to the purpose of God such that;
moreover, the purpose of God is unique for each and every one of us. Although
God has a good purpose for us in our life, He gave us the freedom to choose. In
general, there are three choices for us to choose referring to the unique
purpose of God for our life; they are to reject it, neglect it, or to respect
it. Focusing on the choice of rejection, we can see that people often reject
the purpose of God for their life. People often made this choice because they
think that they are smarter and that they know better. In the Bible the clear
example of the people that rejects the purpose of God are the Pharisees. It is
mentioned in Luke 7:30 that the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected
God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John. The
Pharisees rejected the purpose of God by not wanting to be baptized by John
considering themselves as the experts in the Torah laws.
In
the world today, a clear example of people who chooses to reject the Purpose of
God for their life is the youngsters who rebel against their authority,
especially when being disciplined. Sometimes this could be caused by the human
nature of pride just like the Pharisees thinking that they are smarter than
their authority. They prefer to follow their own way of life rather than the
authority that disciplined or criticize them for their own good purpose;
consequently, they end up making wing choices in their life and walking in the
wrong way through their life.
The
youngsters should be able to understand that their authorities disciplined or
criticize them for their own good purpose; moreover, the good purpose of the
authority for them originated from the good purpose of God for their life. The
Bible mentioned in Romans 13:1-2, “Let every soul be subject to the governing
authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities
that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resist
the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.”
This verse clearly state that we should obey our authorities since they are
appointed by God such that when we reject their good purpose, we are also
rejecting the good purpose of God which will lead us to the wrong path in our
life. On the other hand, when we respect and obey and respect the good purpose
of God, our life will be guaranteed for blessings and will be so much easier as
stated in Romans 8:28.
As a
personal application, I often rebel to my mother when she discipline and
criticize me since I'm too proud of myself thinking that I’m smarter than her. Now
I realized that although I may be smarter than my mother, she is still older
than me with much more experience of life compared to me. It has been proven so
many times that when I disobey my mother, I end up failing on my own choice and
regretting of my wrong decision proving that what she said is right. I should
understand that she always have a good purpose for me in all her criticism
towards me representing the good purpose of God for my life; therefore, I
should respect and obey her words at all time in order for me to also respect
the God and His good purpose for my life.
As a
conclusion, God have a good and unique purpose for all of his creation;
however, God also gave freewill to us as a human being to choose. Regarding the
good purpose of God for us, there are three general choices that we can make,
to reject it, to neglect it, or to respect it. Some people often decided to
reject the purpose of God where they do not accept it because of their pride
thinking that they are smart. In the world today, this case is clearly seen in
youngsters who reject the good purposes of their authorities by rebelling and
disobeying when disciplined or criticized. They should understand that the good
purpose of their authorities is in alignment to God’s good purpose for our life
such that when we reject the good purpose of God, we will walk in the wrong
path. On the other hand, when we obey and respect the good purpose of God, our
life will be much easier and blessed.