Every Day Ordained
Good Morning,
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Ps. 139: 16
If you have spent much time around church, you have heard the term “ordained”. Words like Pastor, Minister and Priest may come to mind. In fact, there is often a formal ordination process and celebration involved. Do you ever think of yourself as being ordained? I remember decades ago, when a youth pastor we volunteered with told me I was speaking in a church on an upcoming mission trip. My response was, “I am not ordained”. He responded back to me, “You are that Sunday!”.
Ordained can be defined as set apart, being destined, decreed, or appointed. According to Ps. 139:16 these words apply not just to official pastors and ministers, but to us. All our days have been decreed, ordained, and recorded by God. No matter the circumstances of your birth, your life is no accident. The impact you were designed to have has been established by God Himself.
Why is this so important? Because if we do not understand that God views our days and work here as vital, we will tend to view our ministry as second level; important, but not quite as important as a vocational minister. This is a significant error and frequently leaves our pastors and priests to do all the heavy lifting of ministry. There is far too much Kingdom work to do for this to be the case.
If we place value on our gifts and roles via comparison to those of others, we miss the mark. God has no less excitement and anticipation for what He predestined you to do than the pastor of the largest church or the writer of countless best-selling Christian books. The party in heaven the day you were launched to earth was no less raucous than the day Abraham, Paul or Peter were launched. You are uniquely designed, equipped, and ordained for everything your calling requires.
I encourage you to think of it this way:
God has you on this planet, at this time, in this place…on purpose!
Is today the day you begin to believe that?
Questions and statements to ponder:
1. When you think of your days as set apart by God, how does that make you feel?
2. How would your view of yourself and the impact you could make change if you fully embraced your life as vital to God’s grand plan for mankind?
Live on purpose, Ron Klopfenstein, CPLC
