Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. Because God wanted to make the unchang ing nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. (Heb. 6:16 – 17) God has purposes that He determines beforehand and then carries out. These include plans for humanity as a whole and plans for males and females who carry out hu manity‘s purpo ses. To bring this to a personal level, this in cludes plans for you and me. God does not do anything on a whim or without knowing the end result. The origins of humanity are described in the book of Ge nesis, which means ―beginning.‖ Howe v er, the Creation that we read about in Genesis was not the real beginning. I would like to call Genesis ―the end result after God finished His thought processes.‖ When God finished deciding what He wanted to do, then He created. First God predetermined, predestined, or purposed every thing. Then He produced it. This concept is crucial to our understanding of pur pose. It means that Genesis was not the beginning of a su pernatural experiment with an unknown outcome. Genesis was the beginning of the production of something that was sure. So, when we talk about what happened in Genesis, we‘re really talking about what happened after God finished thinking. Therefore, in Genesis, we are looking at the start-up of the project, as I like to call it. Those of you who are studying project management know that this is an important step in the process of building. When you reach the start-up phase, it means that you have all the plans drawn, all the physical resources in place, all the management resources in order, and now you‘re ready to begin. That‘s Genesis. Do you begin building a house when you dig the founda tion? No, you begin building it when the idea is conceived. Genesis is both the beginning and the end result.

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