Doing what I was created to do
This morning I took a walk. It is a rather nice walk actually, considering I live in town. There is this road that I walk on that almost feels like I’m in the country, especially when I get to the top of the hill and look out over the pasture and see the horses grazing.
But this morning I noticed a bird singing. More than one actually. And God brought something to my mind. Those birds are praising the Lord. They, along with all creation, sings praise to the great Creator. (Psalms talks about this.) But why? What is it about the song of a bird, or the swimming of a whale, or the amazing detail of honey bee communication, that brings glory to the Lord? Well, it’s because they are doing what they were created to do.
In much the same way we admire an engineer/inventor when we see his creations do what they are intended to do, and even more so when they do that activity in spite of years and hardships (“takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin'”) so do we also admire the Creator when we observe his creations functioning according to their design.
A bird was made to sing. (Among other things.) A horse was made to run. A rose was made to smell nice. But what was I made for? Why did God make man?
Was it to build great cities? Nah. Was it to build great ministries? Nope, that’s not it either. Well, surely we were created to be good people, nice people? No…that’s not quite there. That is what we were created as, but not what we were created for. God created us good, but what was his major purpose for that first perfect man?
God created Adam for fellowship, relationship, with himself. Adam’s purpose was to have an intimate relationship with the Lord, something that the animal kingdom could not enjoy to the same degree. That is what we were made to do. To commune with him on a spiritual level. When sin messed that all up, God was willing to sacrifice his only Son (at least for three days) in order to fix what was broken. When we fellowship with the Lord, we are praising and glorifying Him in the same way that bird does. By doing what we were made to do in the first place……
Know Him. 
About The Author
Preacher Dad
Jarod has been a pastor, construction worker, restaurant manager, ministry administrator, children's story teller, author....in no particular order. At heart he is passionate about the Truth, and has been called to proclaim that Truth from an early age. He is committed to his wife and eight children, and seeks to have a lasting impact upon the future by discipling his family. He blogs at PreacherDad.com on parenting, preparing, and cultural impact.
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Thanks for sharing that Jarod. It’s so easy to get caught up in “ministry” that we forget what it’s really all about. The Lord has been reminding me of this lately. It’s so good to know that no matter what I do, He still loves me and is always ready for an even closer, better relationship. God is such a good God!
I’ll be visiting Susan when I go to GA. I’m not sure when yet…
Oh, hey cool! Hope to see you then. (Whenever “then” is.)
Hey Jarod! How’ve you been? I love the pictures in your last post… so fun.
Check out my xanga sometime.
~Rachel Johnson~
excellant words. I see too many people these days trying to convince themselves that being as busy as possible is their call in life. They justify it by calling it their ministry and their soul harvest. Nothing against these, but I agree, it’s not our main purpose. By burrying ourselves in these things we lose track of why we should be doing them. All of a sudden we’re working in the nursury because what’shername worked in the nursury more than you last month so you have to beat her. You want to go street preaching so you can get a few more tick marks on your soul harvest belt…all the while God is waiting for you to come back to Him and commune.
sorry, didn’t mean for this post to be so long…I must be related to Garret, long-winded and all
just cant shut up really
B.U.S.Y. = Being Under Satan’s Yoke
And believe me, I understand about being longwinded. Good thoughts Shari.
wow. Simplicity at its best. Very well said.
ALSO…you should really get up on some stevie wonder. You quite possibly missing out on one of the greatest musicians ever.
He’s made a lot of albums…so it can be a daunting task…however you could start with a greatest hits cd or something.