Why am I here?

Today I am hanging here with my dog, Dory. Pandora is on in the background and some amazing worship songs I haven't heard in a while are taking me to a sweet place of worship. I mean, who doesn't have to stop what they are doing and spin and dance around their living room, singing out at the top of their lungs?!?!? Ok, I know not everyone does that. But that is definitely how I'm wired. I'm in the process of owning that piece of me instead of trying to run away from it or even just downplaying it. God created me to be a worshipper. I believe it is for a reason. When His people worship and pray, things in the spiritual realm change. I feel it. I can't put it on paper or see tangible victories. I cannot put it on a timesheet and get paid for it, but it is one of the most important things I do in a day. I am born to worship. That alone is enough. Yes, I said it. That alone is enough. When someone asks me what I do, I want to proclaim that I am first and foremost a worshipper.

What were you born to do? Are you living it out? Is it different than what you see most people doing? How do you deal with that? Do you run from it or run toward it? Is it something that is not deemed profitable or worthy of our time to many people? Do you advertise it or attempt to hide it? We are ALL created uniquely, one of a kind. So truly none of us is exactly like someone around us. We all have passions and desires that go against the tide of the mainstream. Are you allowing God to raise this up in you and let it flourish?

One of the beauties of how God created us is that when we take steps toward living out who He made us to be, we have the greatest contentment. Yes, I believe that our Father who loves us MORE THAN ANYONE ON THIS EARTH EVER CAN, gives us a deep sense of contentment when we are most who He created us to be. When we look internally and ask Him what we should be doing and how we should be living, we are happier than at any other time in life. It is not selfish to ask the question, "Why am I here?" "How did you make me unique?" "What passions did you place inside of me?" Our God loves to answer these questions. He puts little whispers in our ear, or a pull inside of our heart and our mind. When we are most fully alive, we find the greatest contentment. When we are most fully alive, God is glorified through us. We get to shine the light of Christ here in this world. How great and lasting of a call is that? Nothing I do on my own can ever compare.