Made!

Made!

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Peter 5:10 KJV

The experiences of life on earth can make one wonder about the eternal. When I give my life to Christ and accept Him as Lord and Saviour, He does not take me away from the earth or shield me from the tough things of earth, but He plants eternity in my heart so I can focus on what is really important. He is called the 'God of grace', because it is only by His grace that we are even called in the first place. No man calls himself, and no sinful man is able to find his way to God without the help of God. He is the One who calls men to himself, planting eternity in their hearts while enabling them to make impact on the earth. The eternal God does not do temporary; everything about Him speaks of the eternal. Can that which is in my hands endure into eternity? Have I found and surrendered my life to that eternal God? 

Remember, only by Christ can I have the eternal sorted out. All that he allows to happen to me on earth only prepare me for the eternal. The tough times, tribulations and trials all work out that which is God's perfect plan for me. The suffering is always for a while, because the earthly phase is only for a while. I must not sacrifice the eternal because of the pressure of the earthly. God is the One who can pass a message with whatever mess is in my life. In his hands, 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish can feed thousands; in my own hands, that is just a regular meal for me and my family. In His hands, water can turn to wine or whatever needs to meet a need. If I can only surrender totally to God, there is no limit to the impact my life can make where it has been planted. 

This God can perfect whatever He starts. No man can complete that which he knows nothing of the origin or purpose. We can pursue a course of action and be successful, but visible success is not always a measure of divine approval. That which God ordains is that which He will sustain. He is the One who can make me perfect, stablish, strengthen and settle me. No matter the storms that rise, they cannot shift me from the position that God has planted me, because if He plants, no man can uproot. I check my life again today: am I where God's grace needs me to be? Can the supply from God reach me where I am presently planted? If not, it is not too late to change location. Let God do the settling; His message in and through me will speak loudly. God's time of favour is here.