Don’t Die a Copy

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5

I am a firm believer in living a purpose driven life. I believe everyone is here on earth for a purpose. Just as fish were created to live in water and birds in the sky, we were each created with our own unique talents and gifts. A bird cannot survive in water. In the same way, I cannot be successful trying to walk a walk I was not called to walk. I’ll d probably get lost along the way.

Its like getting lost in the forest. The person who gets lost can do one of the following;

1. Stay where they are and throw in the towel. End result – they are likely to die of a bite, hunger, thirst, depression, FEAR …( these are but a few of the options available to usher them into an untimely demise )
2. Move! Try to find the way back home with no plan or strategy. They might keep going in circles and never end up finding their way . But, at least they tried. Remember the movie “Get Rich or die trying” ?
3.Pray, trust God and move. They might either end up where they started or end up exactly where they wanted to be. In fact, most of us would prefer this 3 option. Especially if we ended up where we wanted to be.

The fact is that most of us feel strangulated. Its like we are gasping for air when there is air all around us. We wake up each morning feeling like a bag of rotten potatoes. No purpose, no drive – nothing to live for.

A very significant contributor to that crappy feeling is that we are constantly comparing ourselves to others and trying to fit our size 9 feet into their size 6 footwear. We are trying every day to be like that role model, business mogul, that friend who ‘seems’ to have it all or that imaginary creature who is too perfect and lives in Utopialand.

You cannot be happy living that way. I believe God has endowed each of us with unique gifts. Have you ever asked someone who is exceptionally good at something.. how they do it ? The response is mostly something along these lines…”I don’t know. I guess it comes naturally”. Do not get me wrong here. I am not saying you cannot study hard to do something exceptionally well. But, you realize that for some people, there is just this Usian Bolt factor. They seem to have been born with that X-factor that propels them to stand out in their field of work calling.

We can be that person with the almost super power X-factor. That person who always stands strong when men are cast down. We can be that person and so much more when we make that decision to find out why we are here and live the life we were called to live. Its not going to be a smooth ride but God equips those He calls. (He has already given you the grace to run that race ) And remember that you were born an original, don’t die a photocopy.