You Are a Part of Something BIG

Let me say that again…

You (yes, YOU) are a part of something BIG—much bigger than yourself, in fact.

But in this rat-race called life, we often don’t see that “big picture.” Too often we are blinded by our own humanity. It groans within us for that “pie in the sky” pursuit of success as dictated by the culture we are submerged in.

And what defines success in our culture?

A good paying job with a fat paycheck.

A nice family and nice stuff.

200,000 Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus followers.

A large church with lots of programs.

A blog with lots of subscribers.

A voice to write best-selling books and to speak at packed-out amphitheaters.

And in all of these-the bigger it is, the better it is.

You can almost hear the “Bigger is better” mantra humming from the dark corners of our society.

But honestly, it really does make sense. To be seen, everything has to be big—HUGE even, because there are just so many of us trying to be seen and heard.

But here’s the thing—whether we know it or not, we all are seen and heard already.

All the time…

And what or Who is big enough to see everyone, everywhere, ALL the time?

GOD is.

He not only sees us, but more importantly, He has a plan and purpose for us. Colossians 1:16-19 says this:

“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.” ESV

Go back and read that again. Drink it in…

Everything that was made (that’s you and me, too) was made through and for Him.

That means we are a part of something bigger—something that we never even asked to be a part of. Something planned before the foundation of the world. We were designed and made by our awesome creator for His Master Plan.

And He has a goal for those plans.

He wants to be the famous One in our lives. Not because He wants to be “Bigger and Better”—to achieve greatness in this life, like we often desire.

No.

It’s because He already IS the famous One. All you have to do is look around. The sky, the sun and moon, animals, and people… There is nothing created  that His hand has not touched.

He has proven His worth over and over again with each turn of the earth to face a new day.

And the most mind-blowing part is that He loves us enough to invite us to know this truth and to be a part of it.

A Plan So Far and Beyond this Planet

-CONFESSION ALERT-

I get caught up in the plans that I make while I’m on this planet. They tend to bog me down as soon as I forget THE reason I am here to begin with. (i.e. I’m here for God, not myself…)

But what if I looked at my life differently?

What if I saw everything in light of the something BIG that God placed me in, and what if I worked to that end?

¹³ He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins…

And because of this,

²⁸ Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. (Colossians 1:13-14, 28) ESV

We are sinful people.

And we need deliverance.

We have a natural bent to pursue only what makes us happy in life—our wish to be “bigger and better” than everyone else is proof positive of this fact. We attempt to do life while denying all claim, control and character of God Almighty.

Once we understand our need before God, we can begin grasp the magnitude of His gift of deliverance from our sinful state. And once we “taste and see” that the Lord truly is good, we will see the value of being forgiven by Him. We will understand the value of being “transferred into His kingdom” by the precious blood of Christ!

Then, we can fulfill our role in this BIG thing God started and invited us into. In fact, it will be BURSTING out of us!

We will have an insatiable desire to be a proclaimer of God’s mercies—warning and teaching people about His claim on us, His control of all things, and His Wonderful character! That is a BIG deal!

So Look Around

Look at the grace we have been given in Christ. Look at the mission that God has placed before us as His people.

That is a big job. And no one person can do it alone.

Now let’s get the lead out, and get going!

Let’s decide to get those stars out of our eyes and instead, let’s fix our eyes on the One who made the stars.

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Photo Credit: Creation Swap, God of the Universe, Luis Garcia