{"id":11022,"date":"2019-09-21T05:31:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T10:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2019-09-21T05:31:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T10:31:21","slug":"why-am-i-here-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11022","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Here Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We hear many sermons and talks about why God put us here at this time and in this space.  Here\u2019s what His Word says: \u201cYet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and WE EXIST FOR HIM\u2026..\u201d; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and WE EXIST THROUGH HIM.\u201d (1 Corinthians 8:6).  So there you go. The answer to \u201cWhy am I here anyway?\u201d  Maybe it\u2019s better asked: \u201cWHO am I here for anyway?\u201d  We exist for God.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doesn\u2019t that make you feel no longer \u201cordinary\u201d. You and I are extraordinarily God\u2019s very own creation \u2013 existing for Him.  So, when another ordinary Monday rolls around and you\u2019re loading up the kids, their backpacks and their lunches into the car or you are heading off for your morning commute to your office job, or you are facing another week of medical tests, doctor\u2019s appointments and treatments, or you are studying for that exam that will make or break your grade average \u2013 you wonder \u201cIs there more than all that working and studying and the going and the doing?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This life may feel so big and we may struggle to find our place in it. We may wonder if we matter. We try to find a purpose for our being. The reality is we are not only made for a purpose; we are made for a Person. We are made for the Miracle-Worker, Chain-Breaker, Water-Walker, the Stars and Planets Creator, the Man-Sculptor who brought us forth from dust. We are made for the One who holds all the world in His hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And \u201cWe exist through Jesus\u201d (1 Cor 8:6), the One who made it possible for us to make our way home to our Most Awesome God, Who laid down His life that we might find ours. We also live by the Spirit. What a TEAM!  Father, Son, Holy Spirit.  We are empowered, equipped, strengthened and comforted. We are never, ever alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this mean in the middle of our routine and ordinary days?  It means that our car can be a holy place of joy to the Lord.  It means our sink full of dishes can be an altar of praise to our Most High. It means our office can be a sanctuary as we acknowledge the One that we are here for.  Imagine the joy it brings to Him, when we acknowledge Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever you are today, whatever your routine might be, whether or not you feel noticed, this is the message of God: \u201cYou are loved. You are mine. You matter. 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