Jeremiah 29:11

Jerimiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

God is not someone who leaves us here on this earth with all this 100% original potential - without some kind of a plan. Have you ever thought about that?
Have you ever made something just so that it could sit there and not be enjoyed? Would you ever make a beautiful, cheesey grilled cheese, filled with perfectly crisp bacon...just to sit it on the counter and not let anyone enjoy it, and to let the grilled cheese figure out its purpose on its own?!? NO WAY!! Not possible! It will never reach its potential to be nutritional in your body, and to taste oooohhh so good on its own. You made it with a plan!
We are so so so much more complex and have so much more potential locked inside of us than a grilled cheese sandwich! To fulfill our purpose, why should we think that we can just figure it out on our own and execute it without any help from our creator? WE CAN'T!! Just like the sandwich needs its creator to help it fulfill what it was designed to do, (to be eaten!) we also need our Creator to reach our full potential. Without our Creator, we just look pretty "sitting on the counter" and people look at you and think, "Wow! Look how much they have accomplished! They have made it out of the frying pan and onto the plate with some ranch sauce beside them! They are set!! They have arrived!!" But in actuality, we have done nothing to reach our true potential. Sometimes, we even look at other people who seem like they have arrived, look "finished" and appear to have a great life and have it all together. But really, they have not even begun to touch what they were created to do; to build, strengthen, and give life and energy into the church! What are we supposed to do with our skills? Strengthen the body, bring people to Christ and grow his church!! We need to realize that there is more to life then the frying pan or sitting on the counter - waiting to grow mouldy and be thrown out!! Never be satisfied with where you are. God always has more and more plans for you - more then you could ever hope, dare to dream or even imagine!! His plans will blow you away!! Don't watch other people living their potential wishing you could do the same. God has something in store for you that only you are uniquely and divinely designed for!! Get off the "counter"!!