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My Two Cents
by Rev Chuck Behrens
October, 2012
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Years ago there was a
Newsweek cover story that really caught my attention. It was about twins,
and I had several friends at that time that had twins. Occasionally I had
expressed horror at the thought of having had any two of our kids at the
same time! Fortunately, God knows who can handle these incredible
assignments, and who can't, so he wisely sent our three children two years
apart.
But the Newsweek article was intriguing, and it explained the great amount
of research that's being done regarding twins. And the article stated that
the studies not only revealed a lot about twins, but also about all of us.
For example, there are the studies that have been done on twins who have
been separated at birth, and then raised totally apart and then reunited
as adults. It is amazing how alike they are in their temperament, and the
choices they've made, their likes, and their dislikes.
So, they're giving scientists new evidence in the debate over how much
we're a product of our environment as opposed to how much of us are
genetically programmed. These twins are telling us that there's a lot
about us, more than we think, that we're born with. You know what? That
should come as no surprise.
Ephesians 2:10. I love this. Great verse, "For we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God (get this) prepared in
advance for us to do." In other words, God has set you up uniquely for
specific assignments that you are put on earth to do on a daily basis.
Now, the twins’ research tells us that each person seems to be uniquely
wired. Well, so does the Bible. For example, you go to what David said in
Psalm 139. In that great prayer he says, "God, You created my inmost
being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I am fearfully and
wonderfully made." Then he says, "All the days ordained for me were
written in Your book before one of them came to be."
See, from conception, God has designed you to carry out a unique plan.
You're just the right height to do what He's prepared for you to do.
You've got just the right hair. You've got the right voice. You have just
the right basic temperament. You've got the right skills and talents. He's
even given you certain limitations to help you be sensitive and dependent,
and compassionate, and He put you in the right family too.
It's true; a sinful environment has corrupted the purity of God's
programming, but the basic you is God's one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Oh, you
may be missing the point of how right you are, because you have done too
much comparing with other people or with the things that society says are
important. How can you be compared? You are uniquely wired for unique
assignments. You're a category all by yourself. Hello? There's no one we
can compare you to. You're the only one like you.
When are you going to start celebrating what you are instead of focusing
on what you aren't? You were made right! You're wired for daily
contributions only you can make. And ultimately we can only discover the
answer to the question, "Why am I here?" by belonging to the God who put
us here; who designed us. That's why the Bible says, "All things were
created by Him and for Him" (Colossians 1:16). We were supposed to revolve
our life around our Creator, and in so doing find our destiny, find our
identity, find our reason to be. Unfortunately, we found another reason to
be; living for ourselves, which the Bible calls sin...middle letter "I."
It's a terrible thing to be away from God, because it means a life without
meaning and an eternity without hope. That's why Jesus came. He came to
bring us together and to unite us with the God who has the plan.
Maybe it's time for you to say, "I'm not wasting another day with a
'me-run' life. Jesus, I'm turning it over to you. I'm all yours. You died
for me, I'm yours."
There's no greater time in your life than just right now at this moment,
because it is intimately and particularly yours right now. The Designer
Genius has not only made it possible, but quite probable that it will be
that way, moment by moment for the rest of your life...LIVE LIKE IT.
See you in Church,
Rev. Chuck
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