Ridiculous? Disasterous? Was I created for this?

Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Everything that is created has a purpose...it may be for a specific function or task, for beauty or enjoyment, but all things created have a designed purpose.  It is when we take the created thing and try to make it function in a way in which it was not purposed for that things get screwy.  I wouldn't take a pair of scissors to the front yard to cut my grass..and likewise, I certainly wouldn't use our lawn mower to try to cut paper!  At best, it would be ridiculous and at worst, disasterous!

It seems so obvious in this scenario but I find myself regularly trying to put my self and my life into situations that I was not created and purposed to do.  I was created for good works!  To love God, love other believers, and love those that don't know Jesus.  I forget. I try to make this creation function in purposes it was not created for and sure enough...the results are ridiculous and sometimes disasterous, too. 

I was created for love and good works, in the image of God and for His purposes and glory...this should be the end result no matter what I do...whether big or small.  If that is not the fruit I see then can I really be performing as I was created?  When I function in other capacities and try to do the things that I have planned for my life vs. what God has planned I see only anger, frustration, selfishness, discord and dysfunction.

If I was made to be God's workmanship...to do good works that God has planned in advance, then I REALLY want to do that.  And only that.  It may not sound as good in the moment...I may think I have a bigger, better plan.  Why cut all that paper with little scissor blades when I have those big, sharp lawnmower blades attached to a powerful engine?? Surely, it is more effectve, more time efficient...right?
That is ridiculous and probably disasterous, too. 

God help me to wait for you...for what you created me to do.  I want to function in the ways and purposes that I was created for and nothing else.  I don't want to try to make myself function for the things of this world. 
Scissors are happiest and most effective at cutting paper. 
Lawnmowers are happiest and most effective at cutting grass.

I daily need to seek out what God has created me to do and be...not just for future plans but for now. For today.  For this moment. 

What are my results?  Anything ridiculous or disasterous just won't do. Was I created for this?  It's a question I want to be asking myself more often.