You, whether male or female, were God’s idea. When God created the heavens and the earth, he had
you in mind. When God created Adam, he designed him to rule and reign in the garden. To rule is to
exercise kingship. Peter spoke about the kingship of the believer saying,
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter
2:9).
In other words, you are part of a royal priesthood of kings. Scripture is clear, God gave Adam (Eden)
a place where he could flourish and fellowship with his maker. He gave him authority to keep, protect,
watch over, and manage. In other words, a work assignment. God gave man a purpose
Man needs the right environment to thrive. Adam’s right atmosphere was in God’s design. It’s the
same for you. You need to start where Adam did, in the presence of the Holy Spirit. You are not an
accident or missing placed. Before you were, before you existed, before you were born, God set you
apart with a distinct purpose. It’s called the plan of God. The perfect plan.
You can see bits of the creation pattern in the divine calling of Jeremiah into ministry. Scripture
declares,
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5).
There is a lot of information in that Scripture. As with Adam, so it was with Jeremiah. Before Jeremiah
was, God had an assignment already mapped out for his life. Look at the pattern.
1 God had a plan for Jeremiah’s life before he was born.
2 Jeremiah was sanctified, set apart with a distinct purpose.
3 He was ordained (named) a prophet. Names offer identity, function, and purpose.
4 Jeremiah’s scope of work was foretold as a prophet to the nations.
5 Jeremiah was given the assignment to root out, throw down, destroy, build and plant.
AN EXPECTED END
God has a plan for your life that leads you to an expected end. Before you were conceived in your
mother’s womb, God set a plan in motion for your life. God says,
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to
give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart”
(Jeremiah 29:11-13).
This means there are no accidents in God’s mind. Before you were born, God knew you and decreed
an expected end for your life.
So far, we have discovered a few things:
• The garden of Eden was created for Adam before he was made from the dust of the ground.
• Adam was created a spirit with a soul and physical body.
• The garden was a domain with an atmosphere that Adam could fellowship with his creator.
• Adam was called to serve God through his work.
• Adam was given the responsibility to watch over the garden.
TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK
Just as with Adam and Jeremiah, God has given you an assignment. That assignment is hidden in
your spirit (Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God) NIV. An
assignment is a duty you are called to perform. You alone not another.
Jesus spoke about authority and work. “For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left
his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter
to watch” (Mark 13:34).
See yourself in this verse. God has given authority and a work assignment for every man. That
includes you. Authority is the authorization to carry out your assignment.
To discover your assignment, you will need the help of the Holy Spirit. This means you must seek him
out. This is one reason you should never go to a dead church. When a person is cold, he needs to get
next to the fire else you suffer and die.
Don’t ignore the importance of getting in the right spiritual climate and around the right people. Get
your act together and take hold of your life. Start with plugging into the right church and spending
personal time with the Holy Spirit and reading with understanding the word of God. That’s one way to
get the wisdom you need to make right decisions.
When you have problems, know where to take them to. You may know what is happening like the
shunammite woman, the child was died but she didn’t confess it. She said it is well despite the
problem. I decree and declare. It is well with you today.
Prayer, my Father, I have an assignment from you to fulfill, I will not allow problems to divert my focus.
Holy Spirit help me do my assignment. I was called before I was born. Today it is my day to do my
assignment by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.