Who are you? Are you a lawyer, a father, a mother, an employee, a CEO? Who are you? Why are you here? What are you called to do?

On one hand, we are all individuals. The Bible tells us in Psalm 139 that we are, “fearfully and wonderfully made.” We are each unique with our own personalities, giftings, callings. There has never been anyone quite like you and there never will be.

With all of our uniqueness, we do share certain traits. We are all called into a love relationship with the Godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). We are all called to walk as sons and daughters. We are all called to manifest His love.

How do we do this? Many Christians try to accomplish this by their own self-effort. Despite their well meaning efforts, this always results in burn out. The life God calls us to live is not difficult, it’s impossible. Then how do we do it?

The answer is simpler than we might think. The Bible says that, “the things that are impossible with man are possible with God.” So whatever we do with God is no longer impossible. Once we bring God onto the scene, that which was formerly impossible is now completely possible.

Bringing God onto the scene is not the result of some religious activity. Many people think that if they pray long enough, if they achieve some level of holiness that they will somehow coerce God to show up. I’m all for prayer and holy living but the reality of it is that God is more willing to manifest His goodness than any of us realize. He demonstrates His love for us by making us His temple. The Bible tells us that we are, the temple of the Holy Spirit. That means that He lives in us. Wherever we go, we take Him with us. It’s impossible for me to go somewhere and not have him there.

The key is to live with an awareness that He is always in us and that we get to dispense His love, His goodness to a world starved for love.