Thursday, February 15, 2018
Fulfilling Your Purpose
Fulfilling Your Purpose
From: Today God Is First by Os Hillman
February 15, 2018
"O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD" (Psalm 139:1-4).
Your purpose in life is chosen by God. It is not negotiable. It is like calling water wet-there is no changing that fact, and there's no changing God's purpose for your life.
While you may not fulfill the purpose for which you were made, you still have a purpose that God intends for you to fulfill. This is your blueprint from God. In the same way that He had a specific purpose in mind for Jesus when He sent Him to the earth, He has a specific purpose in mind for your life.
This doesn't mean, however, that there is one highly specific niche for you to fill and that if you miss it, too bad. It is my belief that you can achieve your purpose in many different and creative ways. You won't throw your entire life off course by choosing the wrong college, job or mate.
God is much bigger than any miscalculation or disobedience on your part. "The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me" (Psalm 138:8). That is comforting to know.
Defining your purpose will help you to determine the activities that you should be involved in. Like Jesus, you should not involve yourself in activities that contradict God's purpose for your existence. Jesus' purpose was to do the will of the Father and become the salvation for mankind.
Each of us must ask why we are involved in an activity. Is it a God-activity, or just a good activity?
Remember, Jesus only did something if He saw the Father doing it, and He was able to see what His Father was doing because of His intimate relationship with Him.
Jesus gloriously fulfilled His God-ordained purpose when He allowed Himself to become "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Revelation 13:8
How are you doing on the fulfilling of God's purpose for you?
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