Discovering Your purpose | Tip 1
Sep 8, 2023 | by Teacher Michael Carter
We were created by God for His will, plans and purposes.
God is a God of purpose, everything that God says, allows, does or creates has a purpose. Discovering and completing our God given purposes is vitally important and imperative to our lives. In this introduction we will look at the importance of discovering your purposes. Then we will look at how its done.
"The most important days in our lives is the day we were born and the day we discover why". author unknown
“The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.” ~ Myles Munroe
Discovering God’s seasonal purposes for our live is paramount and primary.
Discovering our purpose gives our lives significance, fulfillment and glorifies God as our chief architect and designer. If you desire to please God and position yourself to hear the Lord say to you: well done, thou good and faithful servant: you’ve got to discover, walk in, and complete your purposes. Every human being have purposes. Otherwise, they would not be here. You don’t need validation from people; your presence alone gives you validation and significance because God allowed you to be here according to His plan and purposes. Our task is to discover those purposes.
God is a God of purpose. Purpose is God’s signature on creation – Romans 1:20
Although this text is correcting them, it also speaks to God’s intelligence, intent and purposes being revealed in creation. The principle of purpose is God’s signature on creation as its architect and designer. God creates according to the principle of purpose. Therefore, purpose is inherent in all of creation. Everything He creates, He creates it with an end purpose in mind. Therefore, He designs and equips it with everything it needs to accomplish its purposes.
One of the most fascinating and important parts of nature that speaks to this is pollination.
Most pollination is done by bugs and bees. They are responsible for the reproduction of a lot of the foods we eat. Yep, we owe a great deal of our food to bugs. Remove them and the eco system will start to breakdown and eventually collapse. The concept of pollination is a part of the DNA code God placed in nature when He designed and created it.
Within that dynamic, there is an interesting point of purpose that enables pollination.
Pollination occurs when an insect visits the flower's pollen and nectar for food and then moves on to the next. Pollen sticks to their feet and bodies as they move from plant to plant. Pollen grains from the male part of one flower (anther) are transferred to the female part (stigma) of another flower. Once pollination occurs, the fertilized flowers produce seeds, which enable the plant to reproduce. This is the process of pollination. Each part incorporates the principle of purpose. A closer look unveils that specific colors attract bugs and bees to certain plants and flowers.
They are DNA coded and physically designed to be attracted to specific plants and a flowers color because they only see in certain light spectrums of color that draws them to that plant. The colorful things in nature that we find beautiful and pleasing to the eye, God has purposed it to be a major cog in the fulfillment of pollination. God doesn’t create anything without a purpose to be fulfilled. Just because we don't know a things purpose doesn't mean that it has none. We just may not know what it is. unfortunately, when we don't understand a things purpose we tend to abnormally use it, or abuse it. That includes people. Discovering and walking in it positions us to avoid abuse and experience fulfillment in our lives. We were created according to God's purposes. 2nd Timothy 1:9
God created and designed us according to His plan, will, pleasure and purposes.
Revelation 4:11 / Colossians 1:16 - As our creator and manufacture, He creates the purposes and context for our lives, not us, or the world. As with any manufacturer, He defines our abilities, potential and standards according to our purposes. Understanding and walking in those purposes lines us up with God's will, taps our potential and causes us to become our very best.
“When a manufacturer creates a new product, he lets the product’s inherent use govern the design, function and nature of the product so that the fulfillment of its purpose is inseparably built into it. Purpose predicts the nature of something, and nature is that which a product inherently is”. ~ Dr. Myles Monroe
We were created, designed, equipped and graced by God to succeed and complete our purposes.
God is the best manufacturer of all times. Romans 12:6 / Ephesians 3:7. What God creates, He equips and endows according to it’s propose. As with any manufacture, God created us to succeed according to our purpose. When lined up with His purpose our success is guaranteed.
We were created by God; therefore our presence alone indicates significance and purpose.
We are present at the right time according to God’s purposes for our lives and the world we live in.
Yes, the world we live in,. Your purposes are not just about you, they impact the enviorment and world you live in.
Look at the guy holding the pitcher in Luke 22:7- 14. His presence indicated where the disciple would participate in communion with the Lord. He was purposed by God to be in that exact spot at a certain time. It contextualized his life and gave it significance. Discovering and completing our purposes should be a primary pursuit of us all. It answers the question most ask: why we are here. And it gives our live significance fulfillment and glorifies God when we complete it.
The principle of purpose speaks to God’s creative and life purposes for our lives.
~ We all have creative purposes assigned to us by God.
Creative purposes are not chosen; they are taught accepted, developed and are consistent. They line our lives up with God’s creation and creative purposes as humans. They speak to us being responsible adults, ambassadors for God, leaders exercising God’s dominion, expressing His will and character. They also speaks to the life purpose of parenting, protectors, care givers, and those who provide a wholesome environment that assists the development of those in our care. Creative purposes are associated with life, its perpetuation, society and social order. When we fail to fulfill our creative purposes society, the family and other social orders are negatively impacted. We are experiencing it in our culture today. The absence of Godly parenting can negatively impact the family structure and those in that environment. We can be friendly, but we are purposed to be parent’s first and foremost.
Remember how God warned Eli to be a parent and correct his sons. Being spiritually inclined is inclusive of our natural creative responsibilities and purposes. Unfortunately Eli did not listen to God. He failed in his creative purpose as a parent. Although Eli failed as a parent, his adult sons could have chose to do things God's way. But they did not. His sons died and he eventually lost his position as priest and his life as well. Samuel 3
Often God looks at how we execute our creative purposes as a measuring stick to releasing life purposes. 1Timothy 3:1-5
~ We all have life purposes assigned to us by God.
Our life purposes are defined by how we use the life time that are given to serve accoding to God's purposes in that season. A life purpose can be a ministry office, calling, job, an appointment, a leadership role, a project, an assignment, a business, task or an initiative. If we desire to experience success, fulfillment, please and glorify God, we must discover and complete our life purposes. God has equipped and designed us to complete each purpose given to us. Discovering our life purposes lines us up with God's will in that season of our lives. Our life purposes are discovered not chosen. We will look at how that is done in the up coming teachings.
Keep in mind that our life purposes are seasonal and subject to change.
Consider Philip; we find him appointed to serve as a deacon in Acts 6:1-5. Then in Acts 8:5-13 we find his purpose changed when he went to Samaria Acts 8:5.
Than again in Acts 21:8, he was referred to as Philip the evangelist. He experienced several seasonal changes. Our seasonal purposes will change, be willing to follow God when there is a seasonal change of purpose. If we remain in a place that God is trying to move us from, we will find it not garnering the same satisfaction or fulfillment it once did. Often, there will be an absence of inner peace and you may be losing your passion for that area. And the grace of God and His provisions may no longer flow as they once did. It's time to seek God for your next season of purpose.
Be encouraged, this season has prepared you for the next one. God will always prepare and position you to overcome, succeed and win according to His will and purposes. Remember, God's success is not measured by this world's success. It is defined by your growth and completion of purpose.
However, it's not good to live life without a purpose
When you don’t know your purpose it becomes difficult to discover why you are here; so you aimlessly wonder through life, from experience to experience. And actually, experiences are not the problem. We all need to experiment and have experiences. It exsposes us to diffferent things and helps us grow and find our way and purpose. The problem is being fixated on the experience without gleaning from it, and adding direction and purpose to your life. You’ll simply keep experimenting, but not being focused or directed according to God' purposes. Keep in mind, it becomes easier to say no, when you have something to say yes too.
Living without purpose is like driving around aimlessly not knowing why or where you’re going.
You have no vision or destiny, so you don’t know which way to turn, and more importent which way not to turn. And without purpose you have no discipline Proverbs 29:18. So you go with the flavor of the hour. You don’t know which way to go or not to go, so you end up someplace that may not be good or profitable. And it can be damaging. Unfortunately life is not like the gas tank of our cars, you can refule it once it runs out. Time is the one thing we cannot refuel or get back. Once its gone, its gone. That time is given to us to complete our purposes is precouse. Discovering and complete your creative and life purposes according to God's will makes good use of our time. Ephesians 5:14-17
Consider making fulfillment of purpose a priority in your life.
Often some conflate happiness with fulfillment. Happiness is associated with things, experiences, and emotions and sometimes circumstances. Desiring to be happy is fine. But it's not fulfillment. Fulfillment comes with the completion of purpose. Discovering and completing our God given purposes brings fulfillment to our lives and glorifies God as our creator who designed and empowered us to do it. Not discovering and fulfilling it leads to an unfulfilled life. No matter what you accomplish or do in life to experience happiness, if it does not complete your God given purpose, you will not experience fulfillment. Consider making fulfillment of purpose a priority in your life. Being fulfilled is the ultimate affirmation and approbation from God. It’s His well done resonating in our hearts.
You want to know what your purpose is in that season; be prepared and complete it. Psalm 37:23
Again, purpose is not chosen, it is discovered. Discovering your purpose is a life long journey that’s ordered by God in seasons or steps. Psalm 37:23.
Therefore, we are to discover God’s purpose for our lives in that particular step or season. Discovering and walking in your seasonal purpose should be your primary goal in life. Otherwise you will live aimlessly and be unfulfilled in life.
You want to know what your purpose is in that season; be prepared and complete it. Psalm 37:23
Although God knows our entire existence, He orders our life purposes in steps. This again speaks to our life purposes changing through out our life’s journey. Understanding this enables us to discover it easier, live in the present and be prepared for the next seasons. Although we should plan ahead, be mindful to be where your feet are and live in that moment. Discovering our purposes is a lifelong journey that’s essential to every area of our lives. And it impacts those in the sphere of your influence, as they are impacted by our choices.
God is a God of purpose. And He has created us to fullfill our creative and life purposes to His glory.
If you desire to experience fulfillment in life, please and glorify God; discover and complete your God given purposes. Our creative and life purposes are essential to our lives others, and the world we live in, They impact our homes, communities, churches, nation, and God’s Kingdom. They impact and influence our lives naturally and spiritually. The principle of purpose speaks to why we are here and what we are created and purposed to do. We are here to complete our creative and life purposes, to the glory of God. Colossians 3:17
Thankfully, there are purpose indicators and Signs to assist us in discovering our God given purposes.
As we look at them, ask yourself; have any of these signs or indicators presented themselves in my life, and how did you interpret or respond to them? Having looked at them in the light of purpose, you may look at them a little differently.
Let's look at them and take note to pray about them. You want to be in God's will in that season.