A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

I remember vividly sitting up stage with my very good friend Tosin and another girl in church in front of a crowd of over a hundred and twenty as we spoke on this subject “a purpose driven life”. We were around the ages of eleven and twelve then, I think I was twelve at that time; this subject sounded really ambiguous then but after much teaching and breaking into bits by our teachers we had it at our finger tips. Trust me, the delivery was great. Now, here we are six years later and I’m writing about this same subject-“a purpose driven life”.

Personally, this is one of those topics I learnt in church in my early years that established a latent cognitive domain of its own in my brain. So, what’s that one thing you learnt early while growing up that stuck with you? (While you are at it let us get right into the subject).

What is A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE?

The caption explicitly explains the whole subject; it is a life driven by purpose-simple isn’t it? But for the sake of formal writing let me show you what the literal definition of purpose is:

PURPOSE: a passive translation explains it as “designed for a particular aim” (wiktionary.org).

Have you ever sat down to think about what your purpose really is in life? I have. I did not spontaneously just jump right into what my purpose was in life; I had to learn to trust God and give up my own ideas (that’s becoming flexible in order for God to do His will through me).

More often than not, we assume we know what’s best for ourselves but the sad truth is this: we don’t. you might just think relocating to the Netherlands right now might just be a worth-while plan for yourself, you probably might have had images played out in your head on how your new life is going to be like , it’s just so exciting and you can’t wait. Friend let me ask you this; what if your purpose was in India? Will you throw all the plans you have made for yourself and pursue a ‘holistic-purpose’ in a place where you have no idea what tomorrow holds? I hope you’ll give this a deep thought.

Your purpose in life is synonymous to that map a pilot uses when flying a plane; if he goes out of the radar that was suppose to lead him to his destination, it only means one thing: he will never get to his destination. Your life is the plane and your purpose is the map, find it and it’ll guide you.

The beautiful thing about all of these is this; when you start living in purpose, inadvertently other lives begin to fall into their own purpose it is almost like a self-multiplying chain reaction. I’ll like to ask, has your life brought anyone to the light? Is your life giving meaning to those around you? This is your purpose friend.

11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for (Jer 29:11) MSG.

Did you see that text? This goes to show us that God has got our future well planned and inside of your purpose this promise is embedded. So, don’t be bent on thinking your dream is going to be thrown away when you go after purpose; poc (point of correction) we don’t actually go after purpose, we discover it.

HOW DO I DISCOVER MY PURPOSE?

Friend I’m not going to give you a jungle list full of steps on how purpose can be found because discovering purpose is very crucial, it can be devastating living out of it. You can never get the whole picture of your purpose once; the picture gets clearer as every single day passes. I might not have gotten the whole picture of what my purpose is yet but I know for a fact that writing is one of them.

Only God in heaven can open the eyes of your heart to what your purpose really is in life. So, friend don’t be hesitant go ask your father.

Who knows, you can be the Doctor who sings, the pastor who is an athlete, the fashion designer who is a public speaker or even a programmer who becomes a youth pastor: all in all purpose is found. Looking at the text we read earlier; God’s plan for you and me is unfathomable plus there is an unprecedented joy that comes with living in God’s purpose for your life.

Let’s share a short prayer:

Thank you Jesus for my friend who has just read this, Lord we ask from the depths of our heart that you open the eyes of our heart to our purpose in life because we want to live in it and bring glory to your holy name, thank you Jesus for hearing our prayer in Jesus mighty name, amen.  

God bless you!

Itofa

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