I am created in the likeness of God for His glory. I am created to bring glory to God. I am created to reflect His glory—to provide a minutely faithful representation of God. Why have I stressed the reason I am created? It is to ensure that I have full understanding and conviction of God’s goal and purpose when He created me. This understanding will ensure that I live my life in alignment with the purpose of my Creator. It will be a grievous thing for my life to be at cross-purpose with my Creator.
I know in my heart and I am convinced beyond any doubts that I am not an accident of birth or a mistake. I have been purposefully designed for a unique only-me-can-fulfill purpose in God’s Kingdom agenda. I also know without any doubt that I am a recipient of God’s grace. God has been gracious to me beyond what I can describe in this article. Grace indeed is God choosing to smile on me.
Having established these truths as the basic conviction of my heart, the next obvious question is, to what extent is my life in harmony with God’s goal and purpose for me? Is my life reflecting the glory of God? Am I bringing glory to God in the way I live my life and conduct myself in the places God located me?
Recently, I had to do a self-imposed heart check up. I have made Grace my franchise. Everything about me reflects my appreciation of the grace of God, which sustained me through the storms of life. I made it my mission to study and understand as best as the Holy Spirit will reveal to me, what Grace truly means in the life of a believer.
I am making efforts to fill my heart with the knowledge of Grace—I know a bit about Grace now, but am I a gracious woman? Does my life give a minutely faithful representation of God’s graciousness? The more I ponder on this, the more I ask myself to what extent is my life a reflection of what my heart knows about God’s grace. My habits, attitudes, actions, and behavior should radiate the truth of Grace.
My actions are directed by what captures my heart. The value I attach to my treasure is determined by how much of my heart it captured. “For where your treasure is your heart will be there also” (Matthew 6:21). Has God’s grace so captured my heart that it impacts my lifestyle? Has God’s grace become such a precious treasure that directs my conduct and actions? There is a force that pulls our heart towards where our treasure is.
An appreciation of the import of God’s grace should motivate me to live a life that reflects His glory and graciousness. What does a woman of grace or a gracious woman look like in her conduct, attitude, behavior, and actions? Can the people in my sphere of influence see me and immediately discern that I am a woman of grace? What does the lifestyle of a woman of grace look like? The world around me should see Christ and His grace mirrored in my actions, attitude, and character.
The highest compliment my heart desires is to be known as a gracious woman—a woman whose life reflects the grace that has been so richly poured out on her. No greater compliment could I ever seek for, except of course to hear; “well done, thou faithful servant” at the end of my sojourn here on earth.
I am on a quest to experience a transformation that is both an inward evidence and outward reflection of the amazing grace bestowed on me that I am learning more and more about each passing day. I do not want to live my life doing just what I feel like doing; satisfying my own desires. As an obedient and grateful child of God, I want God to pull me into a way of life that is shaped by His life and His graciousness so that I can live a life blazing with grace.
I have had a glimpse of the fullness of God’s grace and it has been a life-transforming experience. I want more of His grace infused into my heart and to direct my life so that everyone in my sphere of influence will be blessed as I become a woman of grace with a lifestyle of graciousness evident in me.
What about you? How is your lifestyle reflecting the purpose for which God created you? Are you on a quest to ensure that your heart and your life are in alignment with God’s purpose? Perhaps, you also are a candidate for a self-imposed heart checkup.
I pray that you may experience a transformation that will cause your heart and life to sing in melodious harmony in tune with God’s purpose for you. Grace to you always.