God's Eternal Perspective

Big assignments require big characters. God will give you a responsibility in proportion to the size of your character.


In Bible times, a person's name represented his character; to know someone's name was to know what the person was like. That's why God changed the name of some when He transformed their character. For example: the Lord wanted to bless the nations of the earth through Abram, yet Abram's character was too weak for such great task. God said He would make Abram's name great so that He could make him a blessing to the future generations. Then over the next 25 years, God developed Abraham's character to match the name He had given Him.

God see's your life from His eternal perspective. He will take whatever time is necessary to grow your character to match His assignment for you. If you have not received a divine commission lately, it may be that your character needs maturing. Are you impatient to begin your work before God has refined your character? A small character will fail in a large responsibility every time. Don't be too hasty to get to the work. Character-building can be long and painful. It took 25 years before God entrusted Abraham with his son and set in motion the establishment of the nation of Israel. Yet God was true to His word, and thousands of years later people continue to be blessed by the account of Abraham's life and by His descendants --- from Moses, to David, to the Lord Jesus Christ.
How is God building your character? Do you sense that He has a task for you that will require a far greater man or woman than you presently are? Will you yield to God as He works in your life to prepare you for the next assignment?

Before we take on doing that important task for God, we must begin shaping our knowledge of God's word so that we can begin to see thing's from His perspective. And then daily, through meditation on the Word, allow the Holy spirit of God to shape our character. Then one day, God will send us to that important assignment that will transform people, transport them to eternal life.

There are just too many tasks in our world today. Let's do all, but also be conscious of that one day God would like you to do something for Him in this life. That assignment is the reason why you are here on earth. Until then, let us prepare, to shape our character for that assignment.

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