My Mission is His Mission

God, why would did you create me? Why did you form me? Why do I exist in this sometimes crazy place we call the world? I would always have these questions hidden in my heart. Even before I was saved I knew that it was more to life than just waking up, eating, working, and sleeping. I didn't realize it until I became a follower of Jesus Christ. I was living my own way, doing things that I wanted to do. Before I was introduced to Christ I was attending Montclair State University in Upper Montclair New Jersey thinking I knew what life was all about. But the moment I came to Christ my eyes were opened to a new way of thinking, seeing, and reasoning. Eventually through reading the word of God, He transformed my life by transforming my thought patterns. I loved the game of basketball. This is what I thought I was going to do for the rest of my life. But God! I realized for the 1st time that life was not about fulfilling my dreams but fulfilling the purpose and mission that God had sent me to do. He gave me purpose and it was awesome to know that the God who created me is the same God who works everything out in conformity with His will. I want to be about my Father's business now. Seeking and giving people an opportunity to be SAVED through the power of God. It's not about my mission it's about His mission for my life.

Your Servant

What runs through my mind on a daily basis?

When I first became a Christian, I mean a real Christian, one that really tries to love God with everything that I am. I used to wonder to myself, "why is it that most people who say that they love Jesus and have been walking with Jesus for a long time, act like they are tired of walking with him? It's as if they ran out of the joy that they 1st had when they 1st came into a relationship with Him. So now, here I was living with that fear in the back of my mind. God, what if I run out of the love and devotion that I had when I 1st came into contact with you? But as I look back, it has been 12 years since I asked Christ to come into my life and I am realizing the longer i follow Christ the more I desire Him. I can truly understand that the depths of His love can not be measured. What runs through my mind on a constant basis is figuring out how can I get even closer to Jesus. I want to know Him so intimately. I desire to walk with Him on a regular basis. Jesus is always telling me to come closer and closer and closer. I just need to keep trusting Him. Sometimes it's not easy because my flesh gets in the way. But the more I die to self I see Christ even more. Lord, in these last days, I do not want to run out of my joy in Christ. Keep me as the apple of your eye.

Your servant,

Jermel