Monday, August 6, 2012

Hip-Hop Devotional: Inspiration by Lecrae



Many of us have ambition. We have the drive to be something greater than what we are at the moment. It seems like mankind almost has an innate desire to progress to different levels of greatness. I believe that everyone is built to do something in this world. Where do I get this idea from? I get it from God’s word, the Bible. In the Bible it states that we are made in the image of God. We are like God in many ways. One of the things we were built to do is create. God is the creator so we naturally create. Everyone is creating something. The important questions we should be asking ourselves is “What do we create” and “why”. In the Bible it’s clear that man is fallen, you can read about that in Genesis Chapter 3 and Romans 3:23. Because Mankind is falling we are prone to do the opposite of what God wants us to do so because of that man will fall to many sins but the one I want to focus on is laziness. We know that we have to create something. Inside us we are wired to manifest some type of idea. You might have been predestined to create a rap career, a business, a basketball career, and political policies or maybe you were created to create a better social environment for the planet. Whatever idea God planted in your mind differs from millions of others in some unique way. One of the issues is how well you execute that idea. You are either going to log in the appropriate amount of hours to be successful or you’re going to be lazy to some degree. It’s very hard to live out what we were originally designed to do in the Garden of Eden (Genesis) because we struggle with things like laziness and pride. So many times as believers in Christ we create mediocre material. We need to allow God’s spirit to work in us and discipline us to overcome the desire to sit on our gifts. Another issue is that many of us create for ourselves. We don’t use our gifts for our creator. A lot of us are the greatest that will ever live at what we do but I have shocking news for you if you don’t create for the advancement of the Kingdom of God it means absolutely nothing. Many believers live like this. They may believe in Jesus Christ and trust in his saving grace but just because they are fireproof doesn’t mean they aren’t wasting their life. Some people know the truth about what they should be doing and how but just ignore God’s call; others don’t even want God at all they rather live for themselves. We all are inspired to create for different reasons. You are either inspired to be the best you can be in order to change the world for the Glory of God (Are purpose is to worship/give glory to God) or you are inspired to create for (yourself/wing it). We all want to create something in some way but if you want to create for the right reason you need to have the right motive/desire. You can only have that if God puts the right desire in you. If you want to be free from sin (Heaven or Hell) and live your life for the Glory of God instead of fleeting fortune and fame put your faith in Jesus Christ (God in the flesh) and repent from your sins. Be inspired to go pass the surface thoughts of life and dive into your purpose. Be inspired to do everything for God’s glory (1 Corinthians 10:31). Let Jesus Christ be your inspiration. If you are a believer let God inspire you to do work for his glory at higher levels. Bless

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