Potential according to Wikipedia.org, generally refers
to a currently unrealized ability.
All of us as humans have the potential to know the Only, True Living God and Jesus Christ Whom He has sent (John 17:3). All of us have the potential to be filled with His Holy Spirit Who will be our Counsellor to teach us all the things which God the Father wants us to learn from Him (John 14:26).
However, the key question is, “Are we fulfilling this potential?”
This week as my cell group came together to study the book of 1 Peter together, we realized that we were once lost but now found. We were continually straying like sheep, but now we have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls (1 Peter 2:25). For non-believers, they are still straying like lost sheep, in urgent need of a Shepherd to lead them to safety. For believers, we may be already safe in Christ’s Hands but we do have to close up the gap to accomplish what God has begun in each of our hearts (Phil 1:6).
Therefore as Christians, although we may have fulfilled the potential to know the Only, True Living God but we still need to fulfill the potential of developing the unique talents which God has given to each one of us. Are we fulfilling the potential which God has called each of us for, based on the gifts which He has given to us? This is a staggering question to me as I know deep down in my own deceitful heart (Jer 17:9); I have also failed Him in many ways and have sinned against Him even as a child of His. I am in constant need of His forgiveness and purification from all unrighteousness in His Sight (1 John 1:9).
Father,
You Alone are my Creator and You define what is right and wrong by Your Will. Please
forgive me of the sins which I have committed knowingly against You. Please
pick me up from where I have fallen again and again. Please change
my heart continually to be closer to You and help me to constantly be renewed in my mind
with Your Word. Help me, LORD to trust You, obey You and wait upon You daily,
moment by moment. Change me and use me as your vessel, as the salt and light
which You have called me to be. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. Amen.
