The Importance Of Becoming You
In recent months I have felt challenged with the following question. How free am I to be myself? I think about Jesus, he said what was on his mind. He lived a life that was the perfect example of freedom. His “yes” was yes and his “no” was indeed no. There was no pretense, no hiding. He was able to be who He was meant to be, so that He could do what He was meant to do. I want to live that kind of life. Don’t you?
I started to consider other well known leaders. The apostle Paul, Smith Wigglesworth, Maria Woodeworth Etta. Leaders who were were brave and seemingly unhindered by the snare of the fear of man. I want to live that kind of life! Then, I found myself thinking about Adolf Hitler. Not somebody I want to emulate, but a man whose leadership had a huge impact on the world. I took some time to learn about him, and I discovered something that struck a chord inside of my heart. Did you know that Adolf Hitler’s childhood dream was to be a Christian minister?
I discovered this fact in every biography that I found concerning Adolf Hitler’s childhood years. And I started to ask myself these questions. What if Hitler was really called by God to enter the ministry? What if he had fulfilled this call? What if his gift to address thousands of people and cast vision was used to expand God’s kingdom and not the Nazi regime? What if Adolf Hitler had become who he was meant to be?
As I was dizzied by the possibilities I thought of something else (actually Scott did). Adolf Hitler is a name with which we are all familiar. We are all impacted by his dreadful legacy. But what about all the “leaders” we never even hear about? The ones who should have been great. The ones who did not fulfill their destiny. The ones who did not become who they were meant to be.
God declared to Israel “I know the plans I have for you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” He declares the same intentions to his people today. I believe with all of my heart that in order to do what we are meant to do, we need to become who we are meant to be. Adolf Hitler became an orphan at the age of eighteen. He was poor, living only on an orphan’s pension. It was during this time that bitterness rose up in his heart against various people groups. And…. you know the rest of the story.
In the Beatitudes Jesus said “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Isn’t that just the dream of your life? To see God. I want to see God in every area of my life. I want to see him in my fulfilled destiny. I want to see him when the false prophets of unpaid bills, sleepless nights and unsolvable problems tell me “You don’t have what it takes.” I want to gird up the loins of my mind and run fast and hard the race that is prepared for me. I want to be free of unforgiveness, bitterness and shame. I want to have the eyes of my understanding enlightened so that I can see God and receive the vision He wants to impart to me. I want the orphan in me to experience divine adoption. I want to become who I am mean to be, so that I can do what I am meant to do? Don’t you?
In response to these important questions we are now offering a week end seminar called “Becoming You”. It focuses on the experience of becoming who you were meant to be so that you can do what you are meant to do.
