We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something. --Oswald Chambers
God is about creating. He created the heavens and earth. He created the fish and fowl. He created Adam and Eve. The creation mindset continues in to the New Testament in Christ's work.
15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two. . . Ephesians 2:15 ESV
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
When we become a Child of God, we are a new creation. The old is wiped away and we become a new person. Yes, the old habits will still rear their ugly heads. We will still have the same internal and external battles. But in God's eyes we are spotless, righteous, and transformed.
However, since we are still imperfect humans living in a fallen world, our actions will not always be pleasing to our Savior. Our attitudes will still fall short. Our thoughts will stray from the holy and pure. That's why God continues to work in our lives. Paul recognized this in his epistles to the New Testament churches. Many of his writings are to redirect, encourage, and admonish individuals or congregations who were continuing to grow as a body of believers.
Each incident, happening, situation that God allows into our lives is designed with one purpose in mind--to bring us closer to a likeness of His Son, Jesus Christ. Yes we will learn a lesson, but that lesson is not the purpose. An increased Christ-likeness is the purpose of all that takes place throughout our lives. It is up to us to allow life to move us toward Christ.
Example: At school we are to have a duck and cover drill each quarter. I failed to get in the 2nd quarter drill in time because I left it until the last week and school got very busy and it did not happen. Lesson learned- Don't leave things until the last week. But that is secondary to the greater truth found in Colossians 3:23-24 ESV 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Being a Christ-like employee was the goal of the lesson. The lesson taught a management technique, but goal was much higher than emergency drills.
God is not about teaching lessons. He is about transforming character.
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