WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE DOING FOR GOD TEN YEARS FROM NOW?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE DOING FOR GOD TEN YEARS FROM NOW?

 

Imagine what your life would look like in the next five to ten years if you dedicated yourself to becoming the woman God designed you to be and to accomplishing something enormous for him and with him. Today, let’s focus on the second half of that question: accomplishing something. Do you daydream about what he wants of you? What if you flipped that idea upside down and allowed yourself to reflect on what you want to do for him? That’s not considered selfish thinking, by the way, because God is the one who instills wholesome musings in our hearts. What gift could you give to God that would make your heart sing? An even better way to phrase that question is this: What gift will God give to you and through you to the people he is sending you to serve? Whatever it is, remember that, if God has purposed it, it will happen.

 

WHAT LONG-TERM PLAN HAS GOD LAID ON YOUR HEART?

 

Do you find yourself talking to anyone who will listen about the day you can establish a mentoring program for pregnant teens, campaign against indecent television shows, begin a local ministry for families who have an incarcerated parent, start a  church in an impoverished rural area, or teach your grandchildren about Jesus? Are you anxious to start an intercessory prayer team at your church or, more boldly, to help put prayer in public schools? Do you have plans to become a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor or a foster parent for chemically dependent babies? Lisa Winters Cox, one of television’s original Doublemint twins, loves the daydream God gave her years ago.

 

LISA WINTERS COX IS LOOKING FORWARD

 

Lisa has moved from a career of television spots and modeling to a ministry that includes speaking, teaching, writing, and dramatic arts. She is a wife, mother, actress, and dancer.

 

She says, “Although I am a genetic copy of my identical twin, I have discovered that I was created for a unique spiritual purpose.”

 

Lisa explains that she recently had to let go of her fear and pride and stop saying, “You’ve got the wrong woman, God!”

 

Now she says, “Here am I, Lord. Send me.” She is on the creative arts team at her church, and she is writing and teaching her first Bible study, That I Might See: A Look at the Healing Miracles of Jesus.

 

What would Lisa like to be doing for God ten years from now? She hopes to be ministering with her immediate family and mother, as well as her two sisters and their families. They know that they are called by God to encourage those who need spiritual and emotional healing. They have an incredible blend of gifts, talents, and training; and they envision a retreat/conference/ arts center. Lisa comments: “God did not put long-term daydreams in our hearts to frustrate us. They are there to pull us ever closer to him and to his great plans for our lives.”

 

What Do You Want to Be Doing for God Ten Years from Now? Solomon Made Long-Term Plans with God

 

King Solomon and his laborers spent seven years building the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. (This does not account for the many years King David spent in preparation to build.) Read 1 Kings 6:37–38. Even if the project had taken Solomon and his crew fifty years, do you think they should have undertaken it? Why?

 

SCRIPTURE TO PONDER

 

We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1:11–12)

 

SUGGESTED PRAYER

 

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I constantly pray that God may count me, _________, worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of mine and every act prompted by my faith. I pray this so that your name, Lord Jesus, may be glorified in me and me in you, according to your grace. I also pray today that my heart and mind will be filled to overflowing with “impossible” plans that you have already chosen for me to fulfill. Look with favor on me, as you guide me into the miracles you designed for me. Let me stand amazed at your plan and strategy for my life.

 

So . . . What Insight, Prayer, or Action Step Has God Laid on Your Heart Today?