A Book about ME

From time to time, I have often thought about writing a book. I have even searched the Internet to find out what is involved in getting a book published. Many people have written and published their own books, why not me?

For me the greatest of all Books ever published has been the volume of books written by God, and about our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is recorded of Christ saying I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God. Hebrews 10:7
 
The foretold coming of Jesus had been written in the Holy Scriptures a long time ago. It was spoken by the Prophets, and revealed by the angel Gabriel. His coming, magnificently orchestrated through a virgin birth, guided by a Star in the East, Matthew 2:2, and herald in by a multitude of the heavenly host worshipping and praising God.

As recorded in the Volumes of the Bible, His prophetic coming, His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection has dramatically changed the very course of this world. He came to do the will of the Father. Not his own will, but God's will. And by His faithfulness to carry out His Fathers will, through the Script that God had written in Christ, the acts of His life, and His death is still touching and changing lives all over the world today.

So today, we are the begotten sons of God born through the lineage of Jesus Christ, and I can now begin to understand how my life has also been recorded and written down in Gods Book. Psalms 139:16 says, "You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book. A book about me! Just think about it friend.

God is the author of the book written about our life. He has penned upon the pages, and filled the chapters of our book, with a lifetime of events that pertain exclusively to you and me. Our life is a published version of God's book about us.
Not written upon pages of paper with ink and pen, but written upon our fleshy hearts by the Holy Spirit. And our story is developing and unfolding right before us as we live out our days.

Just think about all the extraordinary things that have taken place in our life since our birth! Every one of us keeps scrap books and Photo Albums of our life and those in our life. Bookmark some of those special pages of your life, and ponder on just what it took to bring those events about.

God is the author of the book about me. He is the Scriptwriter, and the one who designs our life according to His plans. Our life is not all about us. It is not all about our will, but it is about Gods will. And what God has purposed in His heart, and written in His book for us is good!

We should never say things like, "I hate my life", and I wish I was dead, or I wish God would just take me. God has placed a lot of work and detail in designing who you are and where you fit into His will. How many times have we heard people say, "I don't know what my purpose in life is", or I am leaving everything behind because I need to discover who I am, and what I want to do. Our purpose in life is to be faithful unto God and to do His will.

When our focus is placed so much upon what we want and who we are, then I think we tend to draw away from God's will for our life, to pursue our own will. In essence, we try to write our own books and end up making a mess of it.

In the Book of Jeremiah 29:11, The Author has written a preface concerning our life. "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, plans to give you a future and a hope".

Just like in any book, there are different chapters that transition us from one place or event to another, pages that tell about new beginnings, new places, and new people. Gods “Book about Me” is filled with many chapters about my life. Maybe right now you find yourself in a place where you do not want to be. However, there will come many new experiences, new challenges, new people, new visions and dreams, as the pages of the book in your life are turned.

Remember God is the Scriptwriter of our lives. He knows the end from the beginning, and He knows what it will take to bring about His plans for the people He loves. When I think about Gods grace towards me and the life He has given me to live, then I begin to understand, and to know, and to feel His great love toward me, and how He has looked beyond my faults and saw my need.

When we get in line with Gods plan for our life according to His "Book about Me", then I believe we too will dramatically touch and change the lives of those around us. May our prayer be the same as our Lords Prayer, "Not my will, but thine be done".

Therefore I have concluded that the very best book that could ever be written or published about my life, is the life that God desires for me to live, written in "Gods Book about Me". On that day when we stand before the Great Accountant, and the books are opened, I pray that our names will be written down in the "Lambs Book of Life".

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