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Where it all Starts
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he word of God says that He knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. I have always been
amazed by this phrase – Lamb that was slain from the foundations of the world (Revelation 13:8). Christ, the Son of God,
had already been set apart as the price that would be paid to redeem man in his fallen nature. The other verse that really
gets to me is Jeremiah 1:5 - Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before
you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. (Amplified Bible)
Even though we may not know it, our existence on earth is not by fluke neither is it by man’s plan. We are on earth to fulfill a
mission for God; and when our mission is well done, it outlives us. When we fail to start and accomplish our mission, we miss the
call and God transfers it to someone else and recalls us. Even Christ asks, what good is salt if it doesn’t flavor the food (Matthew
5:12-14)
Our call is made known to us by revelation. If we seek the One who calls us to it and who is our Maker. A certain class I have been
taking, challenged me to think the other day about what John says in Revelation about names being written (or not) in the Lambs
book of Life. I combined this with Psalms 139:16 which talks about all the days of my life in God’s book. My thought line was this,
God is the creator of all people on earth, and all of us have names on our national identity documents, passports, social security, pay
slips, bank accounts, etc. Sometimes, these names are similar to more than a million people. Are these the names in the Books of
heaven? Will God use the world’s systems to identify the names – or are there unique names for all of us. For example:
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David: There are countless David’s in this world, but there is only one who is referred to as – The man after God’s own heart
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(Acts 13:22)
Abraham: Only one can alternately be known as The father of Faith (Hebrews 11)
Gideon: Only one has ever been called Mighty Warrior (Judges 6:12)
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