Have you every wondered why you are here on earth? What is your purpose? Why do things happen the way that they do? I am certain that not one of us can be left out of these questions. They are not questions about how strong or how weak our faith is. Instead, they are questions of genuine puzzlement that I believe God has placed deep into our hearts and souls. Unlike Jesus, we don’t know our purpose unless we explore what and where and why God has placed us in certain situations and places.

The Scripture verse above is what Jesus told the Father. You see, Jesus knew the work that God had given Him to do and knew when He would be all done with it. He said on the cross, “It is finished.” He had once and for all completed the work that God sent Him to earth to do. How many of us can say that? I venture to guess that the answer to my rhetorical question is not many, perhaps none. Nevertheless, that should be the goal of each of us. We need to find the purpose that God has for us and then work our whole lives to fulfill it. Do you remember when you were a small child and your mom gave you a task to do? My reply after I had finished was always, “All done!” I knew that my mother would inspect the job and she would declare whether I was truly done or not. That is what I want to be able to tell the Father, knowing that He has performed inspections all along the way and will welcome me with a “Well done!”

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I admire Corrie Ten Boom and all she endured on earth, especially since I have not had to endure anything like what she went through and yet she continued to serve and praise God. She was tortured at the hands of the Nazis and watched her beloved sister be tortured and ultimately die just before the arrival of the Americans and release from their prison. Yet she forgave her captors and preached forgiveness and love around the world. Her bestselling book The Hiding Place is her testimony of her sacrifices and love for a Savior; her devotion and faith never wavered. I cannot be Corrie Ten Boom, but I can be Vickie. I can be the one that God created me to be, with all of my failures and shortcomings. God loves me! Yes, he does and whatever I am going through now, He can use to prepare me for a future that only He can see. God is perfecting me, one day at a time, one trial at a time, one test at a time. I know that my recents medical tests have not been something that I want to endure, and neither is the testing that you are going through. But don’t you want to bring the Father glory when at last you can say that you have completed what He gave you to do, to the best of your ability, and always with the help of His Holy Spirit and the other saints who encourage you along the way? That is my goal. I want to finish this race and be able to say that I was victorious, that I truly completed all that God gave me to do. What is your purpose in life? I hope that it is to fulfill God’s purpose in your life. For that is all each of us is called to do. God isn’t finished with me yet, and He isn’t finished with you either. Blessings as you go out and complete your mission on earth for the Lord!