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!