Jesus gave us his own example of living according to His Father’s will for His life. He was not detoured by the cries of others who wanted to make Him king to save them from Roman rule, but went on to be crucified. He lived his life in complete faithfulness to His Father’s will. We are also to live wholeheartedly for the Lord and to live the life He has purposed for us, not like someone else whose calling is different than ours. Paul said in Eph. 2:10, “He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join Him in the work He does, the good work He has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.” The work He has for us to do is unique and not the same as others, so we have no need to copy someone else and should ignore voices that tell us otherwise. Years ago I remember hearing about a pharmacist who was proudly sharing how all of his children became pharmacists like him. I wondered at the time, did some of them feel pressured to become one and as a result missed their true calling?
We each have to live our own life with the Lord that is unique and the real question is: will we be faithful to His will? We were never asked to live someone else’s life, for one day we will have to give account for how we spent our life on earth and if it was lived as God had planned.
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