Made to love Love.

Excerpt from "Discovering the Mission of God:

"God tells Moses time after time to instruct Pharaoh to let his people go. This is the popular message of the book of Exodus. “Tell Pharaoh, ‘Let my people go!’” But why? So they might worship him (Exodus 9:13). It is true that God is rescuing Israel—but not for Israel’s sake. God desires that Israel worship him. That is the “why” behind the exodus event. That is the “why” behind the mission of God.

Listen to God as he instructs Moses what to tell Pharaoh:

This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. (Exodus 9:13–16)"

For God’s glory, and for His glory alone.

How selfish of me to wallow in my brokenness? My healing was never about me to begin with. Yes, God desires for me to live a victorious Christian life, but more so, He desires for me to unashamedly and unreservedly worship Him, glorify His name, and make His name known. Can I do that when I’m stuck in my own rut? Not fully. Not rightly. No, my healing really was never about me because my life was never about me. I was made to worship. I was made to glorify. I was made for God. Not that He needed me- He is fully and wholly sufficient. I was made simply because He loved me- He loved my worship. He knew me and He still loved me. But... He is Love. He is Love, and He made me for Him, made me to love Him. To love Him. To love Love? To glorify Him... through loving others, through serving others. To worship. To be. He made me for Him. Humbling.