First
thing I want us TO be conscious of
is that, we can never be in control when it comes to life’s most crucial elements.
Finding our purpose in life is not a day, week, month, or a year job. It’s not the light bulb that just suddenly turns on when you see
something. It’s a constant journey. Sometimes you will fall, sometimes you will
bend or but rest assured you will keep
moving no matter the pace.
“So, God created man
in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them”. (Genesis 1:27)
To know your purpose, is to know your history, your heritage.
When you have not yet discovered your heritage, you’ll be lurking around empty
nothings. You’ll look for many ways to fill the voids in jobs, partying,
friends, boyfriends, girlfriends and so
on.
You wouldn’t buy an iPhone now and then go to a random phone
store asking what is wrong with it, there’s just so little they can do as they
are not the manufacturer. So, when searching for your purpose, you do not
search for it in things God has created, you go directly to the manufacturer
(God). I find It quite alarming that our generation feel that it is ‘silly or
too spiritual’ to ask God things concerning our lives.
In every phone boxes, the manufacturers ensure that there is
a phone booklet in the box for customers who purchase. WHY?
Answer: To learn how to work through their phone, getting
help where/ when needed.
Before this idea came to fruition, there must have been many discussions
with phone manufacturer, creative manager etc (I don’t know how these things
work!) but my point is ‘COMMUNICATION’ which springs up ideas individually and
during meeting they share. The is the same with finding your purpose, you need
to talk about your urges, dreams, passion everything with God. Nobody’s saying
you cannot have your own mind, but does it align with God’s plans for you?
You cannot find this on your own, you are not YOUR OWN, You
belong to God and the sooner you realise this the better.
We all live in a world where most people don’t even know who
they are, the world itself is lost. This is why God’s purpose for us is to ‘
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things
shall be added to you’.
It is not your job to find your purpose, it is the will of
God however that you walk with in, in that he will showcase your purpose. From
the moment we were born God has initiated his greatness into us
God loves us, he wants us to come to him, he wants us to ask
because his thoughts for us are ‘GOOD’. God made us, he knows what’s best for us,
not our parents, our friends, not even our tiny little brains.
To find your purpose, you need to partner up with Christ. It is
mandatory that we develop that relationship with God, where we can differentiate
and separate our urges versus God’s given instincts. It is not every opportunity
that comes your way that you must take. Just
because something feels natural doesn’t mean it is right for you. We need
to keep asking, and be okay with the answers we are left with because truth be
told Only God knows what’s best for us.
You must position yourself in Christ meaning that your ‘attitude
and character’ is changed and renewed daily. When you begin to see yourself how
God sees you, you’ll begin to attract the things he wants for you, you’ll begin
to develop characters that will lead you to finding your purpose.
Here are three things I want us to reflect on concerning Our
purpose
1. OBEDIENCE –
God is always there for us when we
need him, even when we do not deserve that Grace. Abraham and Saul both had a
relationship with God, but the difference is that Abraham was obedient and Saul
was not. Are you prepared to leave everything behind and walk faithfully and boldly
to the unknown?
2. AGREEMENT
Are you willing to follow God’s
direction for your life, or you think you know better than the manufacturer himself? It’s quite sad that we do not argue about how things we use should be made cause funny enough, we have no direct access to the manufacturers but here we
have the MANUFACTURER of all THINGS! And we tell him how he should run the life
he gave us.
3. POSITIONING
The question we all squeeze our faces
over. Where are you with God? God will not reveal his plans for you, if you are
not developed. It’s not because he doesn’t love or care for you, it’s more of a
protection. You wouldn’t apply for college or university without the right
grades or experiences would you?
So the question is where are you with
Christ?. I know you go to church everyday, you sing, you dance, you pay your
tithes but WHO ARE YOU IN CHRIST?, who are you when nobody is watching? Are you
making the conscious effort everyday to know Christ more or you just want him
to help you in finding your purpose?
Be Encouraged.
Grace