(To my medical students and colleagues, and everyone else as well!)
Eric Liddle, the runner / preacher / missionary featured in one of my favorite movies, “Chariots of Fire” says to his sister that he was created to run, and that when he runs, he feels the pleasure of God.
This is great theology. To fulfill your created purpose pleases God!
Do you please God? Do you feel the wonder, the pleasure of God as you study the human body with the purpose of bringing healing to those who suffer? Do you feel the pleasure of God as you evaluate and treat your patients?
In those moments when my heart and mind are correctly aligned with the Creator, I feel the pleasure of God; I become wrapped up in the joy and fulfillment of my purpose when I perform surgery. What a great privilege to be the hands of Christ, administering healing, restoring and redeeming a suffering person, made in the image of Christ, from the consequences of the fall that hinders his material body.
I participate in the work of Christ, his Kingdom work, restoring the fallen world! I feel the pleasure of God!
How about you?
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