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GOD DESIGNED EVERY FACET OF OUR LIVES
Our bodyās physical appearance with all of the shapes, sizes, shades, and so on that makes each of us unique were planned and built into us by God. The Scriptures explain that God Himself watches over the formation of every single, immortal human being formed within their mother. That may be why God is so opposed to the murder of any human whether born or unborn.
Our bodyās physical abilities whether limited, challenged, superbly healthy, or not: were designed by God.
Our mindās mental capacities, whether fast, slow, deep, distracted, creative or struggling: were designed by God.
All of our emotion spectrums, moods, feelings, and response patterns: all started out exactly as God planned.
On top of all those physical, mental, and emotional systems, God has made us primarily a spiritual being. That is why our Spirit-empowered operating system is so vital. God made a way to use every part of us He has designed: for His amazing purposes. The more we understand what He has designed for us, the more useful we are to Him.
EXPLAINING THE SPIRIT-EMPOWERED FEATURES GOD DESIGNED FOR US
Let me show you what I mean. To make it interesting, let’s back through Romans. Starting in chapter 15, note what God’s OS, which He calls Spirit Fullness or when I’m Spirit-filled.
These are the features of the Spirit-filled life.
1. GODāS OPERATING SYSTEM HE DESIGNED FOR US HAS: SPIRIT-EMPOWERED INVESTMENTS IN GODāS ACCOUNT
Romans 15:16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
We are designed with an automatic investment program. We were designed to share the Gospel so God can be glorified through saving more people that we point to Christ.
Paul here described what he did for the Lord as sharing the Gospel, so people get saved, so they can become my offering of worship to the Lord. Spirit-Empowered Investing means we start seeing eternal value in sharing the Gospel.
When the Spirit empowers us, we begin to see that going and making disciples of all the nations is the best investment we can make in life. Everything in our sphere of influence slowly starts to revolve around that goal.
We design our marriages to be useful to God, not just profitable and comfortable to us.
We raise our children to be useful to God, not the world.
We measure our jobs by whether or not they contribute to us being useful to God, or whether they make us worldly, selfish, materialistic, and lukewarm.
We start looking at our house, our purchases, and all of our possessions as to whether they help us reach the nations or hinder us. We begin tracking our time usage and see whether it reflects a burden for serving Godās desires or serving our own desires.