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Are you reaching your Godly potential? Have you maximized what you can do? Maslow once said, \u201cWhat you can be, you must be.\u201d<\/p>\nAre you reaching your Godly potential? Have you maximized what you can do? Maslow once said, \u201cWhat you can be, you must be.\u201d<\/p>\n
He may not have realized it, but he was echoing the heartbeat of Scripture.<\/p>\n
In just seven words, he uncovered a truth God had already embedded into every person’s soul: You were created on purpose, for a purpose. Embracing that purpose isn’t optional\u2014it\u2019s a sacred duty.<\/p>\n
Jeremiah 1:5, \u201cBefore I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n Psalm 139:16, \u201cYour eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n That phrase stops me every time: \u201c\u2026the days that were formed for me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Before I took my first breath, God already saw every step I\u2019d take. So why, if God knows the plan, is it so hard to live it? Why do we wrestle to find our potential, stumble into calling, and question if we\u2019re on the right path?<\/p>\n Because there\u2019s a tension here\u2014a paradox, which theologians refer to as antinomy: two truths that appear to contradict but are both real. God has a sovereign plan, yet we still have to choose it.<\/p>\n Boethius, writing 1,500 years ago, described a picture: God exists outside of time. He perceives the beginning and the end at the same time. He doesn\u2019t guess what we\u2019ll do\u2014He knows. But His knowing doesn\u2019t override our ability to choose. We are not robots; we are image-bearers with responsibility.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t fully explain how it works, but I\u2019ve seen evidence that it does. Scripture confirms it. Experience affirms it. I\u2019ve seen purpose, and I\u2019ve seen rebellion. I\u2019ve watched lives redeemed and others wasted. Evil exists, but not because God planned it\u2014because people chose it.<\/p>\n Evil vs. Doing Nothing<\/strong><\/p>\n As I understand it, evil is not always active wickedness. Sometimes, it\u2019s simply the absence of doing good. Choosing not to decide is still a choice\u2014and often, it’s the wrong one.<\/p>\nThe Paradox<\/h2>\n