Here For A Reason!

He is the One that gives life, breath and all things; not you and not me.

Not only is God the Creator who is not worshiped with men's hands…not only has He given to all life, breath, and all things, “He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings…” (vs. 25-26)

The Bible is saying that God has determined the exact times and places in history during which you and I would be born and live. This is saying that you were no accident…this is saying that you and I are “here for a reason”.

* Someone may have told you that you were an accident, but God’s Word says you are “here for a reason”.

* You may have showed up in an orphan or on an adoption agency or foster care list but this was no unexpected event to God. God’s Word says you are “here for a reason”.

* Your skin isn’t the color it is, and your hair isn’t the texture it is, just because of genetics, nor did you end up in the part of the world you were born as a result of chance or fate. God’s Word says you are “here for a reason”.

The Bible says that “God has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth”—this means that we all are related and it doesn’t matter what color your skin is or what facial features you have…we all came from one blood and his name is Adam!

Not only has God made us all from the same person, but “He has determined our preappointed times and the boundaries of our dwellings”. This means that God appointed you to this time in history, and He ordained where you would be born, and where you would grow up.

God made all of us from the same person (Adam), and has determined our preappointed times and the boundaries of our dwellings and did so with a purpose in mind. God does nothing in vain! We find our purpose in verse 27:

(Acts 17:27 NKJV) "so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

God has orchestrated history in such a way that men, women, boys and girls might seek His face, in the hope that they might feel their way toward Him (ESV) and find Him.

Historically and geographically, you are where you currently are because God appointed you to that place for a purpose. Those of us who have experienced the saving grace of God in Christ know that God brought us to that space and time where we repented of our sins and cried out for mercy as we called upon the Name of Jesus.

Could it be that God has appointed this day, this space and this time for you, that on Resurrection Sunday in 2016, you might give your life to Jesus?

Some of us have been through some difficult times. Some of us have suffered with difficult people and the challenges of life. There are those among us who grew up in poverty or with plenty, there is this void…this emptiness…a lack of purpose.

You’ve tried to fill this void with all kinds of material things and relationships and occupations…but to no avail.