When listing characteristics of God, the book states that God is all powerful. Then it asks the question, "Do I live as though God was created for me, to do my bidding, to bless me, and to take care of me?"
When I stopped and thought longer than two seconds about the current things I am praying for I realized my answer was a resounding YES!! Being taught and having experienced that God can and does work on my behalf and that he wants to bless me has over time inverted or skewed my thinking about my design and purpose. Today I let truth sink into my heart a little deeper than where it was yesterday. I was created by and FOR him! When I find myself safe, when I find myself blessed, when I find myself healthy, when I prosper, and even when I have trials..... that is FOR the God of the universe. When I achieve some merit of success as a mother, wife, teacher, friend, etc. those things are not for me. Sure I enjoy the benefits from them but the purpose of those things are not for me. Those things occur FOR God- to bring glory to his name, to inspire my adoration and worship, to give him pleasure, to fill his heart. He chooses those things for himself! He chooses me for himself! He created me and loves me for himself! That changes my perspective in a very real way.
"For by him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things were created by him and for him." Colossians 1:16
"Our God is in heaven, he does whatever pleases him." Psalms 115:3
