by: Rosalyn Watts
What is your wealthy place? A wealthy place is that one place where everything you do seems to turn to gold. Golfers call it their sweet spot and ballers call it being in the zone. But whatever you call it, everyone has one. Your wealthy place is your place of purpose. Before I can talk about seeking your purpose you must first accept that you do have a specific purpose for being here. If this is not accepted as truth, you won’t be free to pursue the purpose with everything you’ve got. There’ll always be a gnawing at you—one that tells you you’re wasting your time. So as the Bible tells us, “…in the mouths of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” (Matthew 18:16 and 2 Corinthians 13:1) Witness Number One: God ordained you for a specific purpose before you were formed in your mother’s womb. Jeremiah tells us, “Then the word of the Lord came to me saying: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.’” Not convinced yet? Well, consider what Paul (Witness Number Two) tells us in Galatians 1:15, “It pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace.” Paul was called to be an apostle from his mother’s womb. And you were called to do a thing that only you can do. And as the third witness I’ll turn to Romans 8:8-30. That scripture tells us that God “predestined us and called us according to His purpose.” The clear implication from this scripture is that God has a purpose for every one of us. The question is, “are you fulfilling that purpose?” Who Does God Say We Are After you’ve reached acceptance—you know that God created you for a specific purpose—you’ve got to see yourself the way God sees you. From the moment we were born someone labeled us. “Ooh, isn’t she cute?” or “You’re so stupid.” Whether good or bad we’ve been called something. And for some reason the bad stuff tends to stick. We internalize those negative labels and let them strip us of who God created us to be. There are many ways God describes His children in the Bible. I’ll focus on three that really stand out and excite me. I use them to stir myself up whenever the spirit of depression tries to attach itself to me and tell me I’m not good enough. First, the word of God tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. (Psalms 139:14; Genesis 1:26-27.) But, God also made each of us an original (Galatians 5:26.) There’s nobody just like you and there’s nobody just like me. Even given that uniqueness, there are certain characteristics all born-again Christians share. One of those characteristics is that we’re all overcomers. I John 5:4 says, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world….” There is nothing in this world that we can’t overcome through the power of God. The next characteristic is that we’re more than conquerors through Jesus. (Romans 8:37.) We don’t have to struggle to find a way to succeed. Through the anointing of God not only will we enjoy success, everyone around us will also. I’ve heard Hayden Hendrix, a minister who founded More than Champions Ministry, use the comparison of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Obviously, both are conquerors (champions), but what made Michael Jordan more than a conqueror is that he made all the players around him better as well. He wasn’t all about “getting his,” he wanted to make the entire team better; he was more than a conqueror. And so are we. The last characteristic we’ll cover is possibly the most significant. Jesus said, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.” (Matthew 5:14.) We are light. That’s how God sees us—as light. And what does He want us to do with that light? Not cover it with insecurities or submerge ourselves in selfish pursuits. We are to “let [our] light so shine before men that they may see our good works, and glorify [our] father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16.) We glorify God by letting our light shine. And we let our light shine by simply being our best. Thomas Merton may have put it best when he said, “A tree glorifies God by being a tree.” That’s all God requires of us—to be who He made us to be. That makes life pretty simple.
About The Author
Article by Rosalyn Watts, author of the "Finding Your Wealthy Place Guide." To learn how you can find your wealthy place, please visit http://yourwealthyplace.typepad.com
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