October 16

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. — Luke 1:15 BSB

George MacDonald once said, “To have been thought about by God, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, most precious thought in all thinking.” John the Baptist was thought about before he was born. His life was planned by God, and his purpose was marked out for him before he entered the world.

Scripture says of him, “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” But this isn’t unique to John. God has a plan for each of us. Your life and mine were planned by God just as much as John’s was.

None of us come into this world by chance. Every person is sent from God, created for a purpose, with a unique role to fill and a specific task to accomplish.

The most beautiful life is the one that fulfills God’s purpose.