\u201cI chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born. \u00a0I appointed you a prophet to the nations.\u201d Jeremiah 1:5 CSB
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This verse, found in the book of Jeremiah, is God\u2019s call on Jeremiah\u2019s life to be a prophet. Jeremiah wasn\u2019t thrilled, the very next verse he protests, \u201cOh no, Lord God! Look, I don\u2019t know how to speak since I am only a youth\u201d (Jeremiah 1:6 CSB). But God\u2019s not having it, He tells Jeremiah exactly what he is going to do, then tops it off by touching Jeremiah\u2019s mouth, filling it with the words Jeremiah is to speak.
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If Jeremiah wasn\u2019t \u201cshore\u201d of himself before he was called, he definitely was \u201cshore\u201d of himself after.
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God gave Jeremiah a specific purpose in life. Before he was ever formed in his mother\u2019s womb, God had plans for him. The same is true of you and I. Before we were ever born, God had a purpose for our lives. He knows the number of days we will live and what He created us to do with them (Psalm 39:4 NIV). It\u2019s up to us to find our purpose. I found mine through my life verse, Mark 12:30-31 which talks about loving God with all your heart, mind, body and soul, and loving others as ourselves. Love God, love others is my life motto. No matter what else I do in life, I strive to do that. Trust me it\u2019s challenging, I fail a lot, but it\u2019s my life mission to do a little better with each day that passes.
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Kathryn Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughn found their purpose in numbers. Brilliant mathematicians in the late 60\u2019s. They were the \u201chuman computers\u201d for NASA. They are responsible for calculating the course for John Glenn\u2019s orbit in space. A feat that changed the space race. But no one knew how amazing they were, their work was behind the scenes. It wasn\u2019t until the movie \u201cHidden Figures\u201d came out in 2016 that their story became known. It didn\u2019t stop them though, they had a purpose, it was specific and they kept on task. They didn\u2019t do it for fame or glory, they did it because it was what God made them to do. Whatever challenges they faced, they faced knowing they were on a mission that was bigger than themselves.
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The same is true of you. You are on mission, you can be \u201cshore\u201d of that. There is no one else like you. There is no one else who has the exact same relationships you do, no one who moves through the world like you do, no one who has the opportunities you have. It\u2019s up to you to discover how God wants to use you in the midst of the life He gave you. Who does He want you to love? Who does He want you to help? Who needs grace around you? Ask Him to show you your purpose. As you seek to be \u201cshore\u201d of yourself, find your purpose to help guide your path
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