February 29
A sense of purposelessness is one of life’s most limiting factors. Many people are impeded in their day-to-day walk and in their long-range achievement of major goals because they cannot overcome a sense within themselves that they have no significant, attainable purpose. People with this attitude virtually relegate themselves to defeat.
This perception of one’s ability to succeed is a total contradiction to God’s stated purpose for people who trust in Him. To have a negative opinion of oneself is to be at total variance with the opinion of the Holy One. David says in Psalm 138:8, for example, “The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me because His love endures forever. He will not abandon the work of His hands.”
The Apostle Paul reiterates that concept in his letter to the believers in Rome. He declares God’s full intent to promote the interests of His people when he says, “We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him, for those who are called according to His purposes,” Romans 8:28. There is no caveat here. God is not looking for a loophole. His truth is stated unequivocally by Paul in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
The Holy Bible is replete with declarations of God’s wonderful purpose for those who lay their lives at Christ’s feet. A person who feels he has no sense of direction, no sense of purpose, no sense of value needs only to give his life to Jesus and a wonderful ‘turn-around’ will occur. That one will go forward to emerge from a dark forest of meaningless doubt onto a bright path that leads to temporal fulfillment and eternal blessing.
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