Excellent post, Vinny, with which I agree most wholeheartedly.

Helen

Earlier, vinny samarco wrote:
>Hi Ned,
>I like that.  I for one get so tired of all these preachers saying, "God Has
>a wonderful Plan for your life..  Sure he does, but I don't see that
>statement or the equivelant thereof in the word.
>As one great preacher said, "God doesn't want our ability, he wants our
>availability.  It has taken me the last three years of sitting around and
>doing very little to come to the conclusion that The Lord is not interested
>in our glorying in a tittle--I'm a praise and worship leader, I'm a prophet,
>I'm a preacher.  Basically, he wants us to say, I'm yours, Lord, and
>whatever you want to make out of me, that's what I want to be.  Even if we
>are all of these things.  The only thing we are supposed to glory in is the
>Lord, and if he happens to give us a certain function in His hous, then so
>be it.
>Our function, as I see it is to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, m
>mind and strength, and to be obedient to him in whatever place he puts  us
>in.
>Vinny
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ned Benton" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 9:29 AM
>Subject: Re: Purpose Of Life
>
>
> > Kathy,
> > I understand what you are saying.  Certainly, when we think of our purpose
> > as depending on us and on our knowing what it is, we are baffled.  I
>imagine
> > that Moses, when he was called to lead the Israelites, felt much the same.
> > Abraham, when God told him to leave all he knew and go to a land He would
> > point out, I imagine that Abraham questioned himself about goin without a
> > map  or any knowledge of this place.
> > It seems to me that the biggest problem we have with our purpose in life
>is
> > to try to limit God to just a certain talent or area of our lives to say
> > that that is our purpose.    In Ecclesiastes 12:14 a wise man summed it up
> > this way,
> >
> > "here is the conclusion of the matter:
> > Fear God and keep his commandments,
> > for this is the whole duty of man."
> >
> > We could substitute the word "purpose" for duty.
> >
> > Maybe we shouldn't spend so much time trying to figure out what God's
> > purpose of life is for us and just give Him our all in every area of our
> > lives.
> >
> > Ned