This past Valentine's day my husband gave my daughter among many other things a little tin princess purse. He told her it was for all of her jewelry. Well when I heard this I automatically thought to myself, that's not for jewelry, it could clearly be used as a cute little snack carrier instead. So when my husband left the room I told her that is not what little girls put their jewelry in. Jewelry is put into jewelry boxes and this clearly is not one. I told her we would use this instead for a little snack carrier. Well we are actually heading out so I told her to bring me her little snack carrier so that I can put snacks in it for the road.
I started filling the little tin purse with snacks but when I tried to put the juice in it would not fit. I struggled with it for about a couple minutes as my daughter stood there watching me. Then out of frustration I said out loud, "Why isn't this fitting in?" So clearly and audibly I heard God say, "Because it was not meant for snacks but for jewelry." Immediately I was convicted. I put the juice to the side and my daughter asked me, "why it wasn't going in?" I told her because it's for your jewelry and not your snacks. I gave her the little tin purse and she ran off excitedly to her room and placed all of her play jewelry in it. Needless to say it made loud clanking noise wherever we went.
How often have we taken the gifts God has given us and used them for our own purposes? We may have success in some areas of it but just like the juice would not fit, when it comes to completing what we want it will not work. God's design is meant to bring us success not frustration, anxiety or trouble. Our designs bring about these things. I don't know about you but I want the plan of God to fill my life to overflowing without any of my interruptions. Let's all purpose today to allow God to nurture the gifts He has placed in us that He may glorified and we may have joy.
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