On Track

Things that run on tracks are exciting to little boys!  With three boys, believe me - I've seen lots of tracks: short and long ones, wide and thin ones, curvy and loopy ones.  Some of them actually were pretty entertaining! How easily Believers forget our spiritual purpose!  In other areas of life, we are purpose-driven:  pick up batteries for the smoke alarm, call insurance agent, schedule hair appointment, budget for vacation, sit in porch swing, etc.  Isaiah 49:5 reminds us of God’s design for us from the womb, “to be his servant.”  I like how Oswald Chambers writes we are “created to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”  There was one reoccurring problem with all the boys’ tracks: we were constantly having to put the vehicle back on the track.  Goodness, how sin causes us to jump track, altering God’s purpose and design for our lives.   We are honored in the eyes of the LORD (Isaiah 49:5) and  Jesus said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name, He may give it to you.” (John 15:16)  We were created at the pleasure of Almighty God, to delight in Him, and serve His creative and fulfilling purpose. A train or car off-track is no fun but what delight [to us all] when it stays on track.  Likewise, immense joy is ours when we live in the center of God’s purpose.   Really, there’s just nothing like being … on track!