A creature of Purpose


It is no gain-saying that God was not absent-minded when He was creating you. Every human being on the face of the earth was moulded uniquely to fulfil a purpose. Yes, you were born to solve a problem! Take Moses, Samson, Samuel and Jesus Christ for instance, these people were born in times of trouble. They were the ones that had the ‘solution key’ to the troubles of their times.

Which problem were you created to solve? You must DISCOVER IT (a time of seeking) Mike Muddock said ‘’Your purpose is not your decision, it is your discovery’’ the widow in II Kg. 4:1-7 was labelled poor until she discovered her pot of oil; Moses had no idea of the potentials that lied in the rod he had been carrying about for years until God opened his eyes. Someone once said that the richest place on earth is not the gold mines of Libya, nor the oil rigs in Saudi Arabia, the richest place on earth is the grave yard! There you find millionaires that died paupers, Movies stars that were never seen, great evangelists that did not even get to know God, let alone win the souls of others.

God created you a bundle of explosives, you must not die without exploding! You can not afford to be a photocopy of someone else, take a look at your thumb, no other person, of the over 6 billion people on the face of the earth today, has the same finger prints as yours! You are unique.

The reason why many teenagers and other young people are restless, and sometimes given to vices is because they lack satisfaction with their lives. There is a hollow in their hearts that is yearning to be filled. There is a craving for fulfilment which the society can not offer them, therefore they end up feeling frustrated and unleash their wrath on the society. Bishop David Oyedepo once said ‘’when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable’’. Any young person who has not discovered the purpose of his existence will surely mismanage his life!
How do you discover your purpose? You must understand that you cannot know the full usefulness of a product more than the manufacturer. Therefore, if you must uncover the purpose of God for your life, you must turn to the one who created you.

The first thing to do is to turn your life over to Him in total surrender, knowing fully well that you cannot manage it yourself. Take away the sin barrier that has since separated you from Him. Ask Him to come into your heart and take the driving seat of your life. Then get involved in His service in a local church. Find something to do in God’s house and maintain your relationship with Him in talking to Him regularly and spending time with His word.

When your relationship with Him becomes established and your mind is renewed constantly by His word, He them begins to speak to you concerning His purpose for your life. Now there are several ways God can do this, but He will always speak to you in the language you can best understand.

Here are some tips to discovering your purpose:

One, “ Whatever tugs at your heart in desire or as a burden may be what you are meant to change”. Sometimes God puts a great passion or burden or desire in our heart for a particular thing and every time we see that need we feel like meeting it. E.g. Mary Slessor was burdened about the way twins were slaughtered because it was believed that giving birth to twins was a taboo and she stood up against it even in the face of death. Today, she is remembered for this singular act.

Two, “Whatever unlocks compassion or creativity in you may be a clue”
Somebody who always feels compassion for the less privileged to a point where he develops ideas of what to do to help them might be called to reach out to this set of people. However, one thing that is common to every man’s purpose is that it must bring glory to God and point men to Jesus. Watch out for the continuation of this topic later!

‘Choices.......’


Lucy will you stop that?” “….. but why are you such a spoil sport Mum? Everybody does it, why should I be the odd one out?” “The fact that everybody does it does not make it right Lucy” “I don’t even know what is right or wrong anymore, it’s all so confusing!”

If you are a young person reading this article, you will agree with me that, like Lucy, one sometimes gets confused about what is right or wrong because everybody seems to be doing it! Nobody is interested in what God thinks! Now you may be thinking ‘what has God got to do with what I do or not do? A lot!

First, you should understand that you are accountable to God for your actions. How? God created you and gave you a ‘will power’ that is the power to choose what you do and do not do, both of which have their consequences. You can choose not to prepare for your exams and fail or study well and succeed. Every cause always has an effect! Remember Adam and Eve? They had a choice either to obey God or to eat the forbidden fruit and disobey Him. The serpent deceived Eve, she chose to eat the fruit and Adam had to answer to God! He was accountable to God. God did not spare them because it was the serpent that deceived them, God held Adam and Eve responsible for their actions. God will not acquit you for doing wrong because someone forced or pressurized you into doing it.

Secondly, ignorance is no excuse with God. It is your responsibility to find out what is right and do it. The word of God says ‘Buy the truth, sell it not…’ That all your classmates and friends are doing ‘it’ does not make ‘it’ right! If you are unsure about anything, don’t do it! “Hey! But that’s not fair! Why will God punish someone for what he did not even know was wrong!” That is because He has made available to you His Constitution (the Bible) that contains His will! Take time to find out what God thinks about that issue by looking it up in His word before you decide what to do.

Beloved it is God’s desire to build a generation of young people like you who will stand up and say ’NO’ to vices and ’YES’ to virtues.

The choices you make today, whether you like it or not, contribute to your tomorrow! The devil
can do nothing in your life except you allow him. You do not have to give in to pressures from friends; the majority is not always right you know! Remember what Jesus said? Broad is the way that leads to destruction and many are those who follow this path but the way of life is narrow and those who tread there are few. Dare to be different; God is counting on you!!!