NOT BY CHANCE…. NOT ORDINARY… NOT THE NORM!!! By: Dr. Marci Tilghman Bryant
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ur lives were designed to have impact in the earth, however, before we can rise to that level of execution, it is important that we understand and learn to from these three points of truth. TRUTH #1: WE ARE NOT HERE BY CHANCE…before you were in your mother’s womb you were in the mind of God.
TRUTH #2: WE ARE NOT AN ORDINARY PEOPLE…WE WALK WITH GOD, LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT UNDER THE AUTHORITY, LEADERSHIP AND EXAMPLE SET BY JESUS…the bible teaches us that we are pilgrims on this earth, and that the authority Jesus had when he was here, he delegated to us before he returned to be with the Father in heaven. TRUTH #3: WE ARE NOT THE NORM… we cannot afford to think, behave or walk like the world. We are not called to walk the path of least resistance for this path leads nowhere. We are a royal priesthood we walk by faith and not by sight. Psalm 139 – We are fearfully and wonderfully made. Matt 8 - We are to be humble and in pursuit of what is good and right, in spite of the odds (remember that the odds are in our favor) greater is He that
is within you than he that is in the world. Hebrews 12 – Let us run the race set before us. No one can make this choice for you unless you give them your will and allow them to. Remember, every man will give account for himself to God. To many of God’s people allow themselves to think less of themselves and their God given talents. God has enabled each of His own to be prepared to accomplish what He has sent them in the earth to do. Our flesh sometimes gets in the way and we forget that the power is within us to overcome. We must continually remind ourselves that Jesus told us in His word that He would never leave us or forsake us. And we must also remember that God has overcome the world and anything that could beset us on this journey. Jesus is always our example. David, the shepherd boy who was chosen to be a king while still in his youth, often had to encourage himself. With God’s word, you (we) can do the same. Keep God’s word active in your life. Read it and speak it daily into your life and over your life’s purpose. You are not here by chance, no matter what the devil tries to tell you otherwise. You were not a mistake even if you were told by your parents that you were not planned, perhaps not by them, but by God! 39
