Finding Purpose In God's Plan
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The age-old question as old as time itself as soon as man had a voice to speak or letters to write or tone to talk or speech to be made it was to form a question a question that threatens to fulfill us and validate us and encourage us and identify us the question deep down in the hearts of every human being living is why am I here what is my purpose and most of us don't know our own purpose on earth.
The average human being does not know why they are on planet earth they wake up every morning going to a job they hate working with people they don't like getting paid less than their worth and dying too young from frustration because they don't know why they exist and I discovered that the greatest tragedy in life is not death there's something worse than death the greatest tragedy in life is life without a purpose nothing is worse than being alive and not knowing why this is a tragedy to live for 80 years and still didn't know why you were here that's a tragedy without a purpose life has no meaning it has no sense of destiny no sense of precision why am I here and this is the frustration of all humans how can I say I'm successful if I don't know why I'm here.
I can say I'm busy but I can't say I'm successful because I'm only successful when I'm doing the thing I was created to do why am I here the problem is most of the time we ask one another the question and you're it's like a blind man asking another blind man which way should I go because we can't answer your question because we're trying to answer our own question and the answer that is true for me might not be true for you because my purpose might not be your purpose so in order to get the answer we have to go back to the manufacturer because he is the only one who knows me because I don't even know me.
Dr Miles Monroe who wrote several great books on destiny and purpose he writes this it's a statement I've pondered for years the greatest tragedy in life is not death it is life without purpose it's not knowing why you're here it's it's not it's life without meaning it's not understanding your destiny it's not understanding why God made you the great quest of life is to discover your purpose and fulfill it King David writes in Psalms 139 and verse 13 God you made all the delicate and inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex your workmanship is marvelous and how well I know it you watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion as I was woven together in the dark of of the womb you saw me before I was born mentions the foreknowledge of God you saw me before I was born every day of my life was recorded in your book every moment was laid out before a single day had passed that's amazing before you were ever born God pondered plans he had for you before there was even a single day to your existence and he established your purpose before you were ever created in your mother's womb.
They were actually recorded or written in his book that of course should give confidence to everybody that God has purpose for me that ought to give you some hope there he has plans for me I'm not an accident I'm here for a reason God has plans for me Jeremiah 29 verse 11 the new living translation reads. God says for I know the plans I know them I know the plans plural so he must have some plans plural ones I know the plans I have for you says the Lord they are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and to give you a hope.
So God has great plans for you he promises that his plans for your destiny are only good ones no disasters are planned for you by God he hasn't written down on this occasion when they're 35, 40 years old I'm going to get them none of that no his plans are only good and they're only filled with grace and hope Jeremiah 29:11 it says for I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future notice who the plans come from and who they belong to you see the bible says God holds his plans for you and it's a plan to prosper you it's hopeful it's made just for you.
You see God has designed a purpose and then he made you to fit it and to fulfill it in Jeremiah 29:11 God says I know the plans I have for you already plans to what prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future I know your plans already. God already finished you before he started you the bible says God saw you in your mother's womb no human being on earth is a mistake not one of us is a mistake we were sent here specifically to do something valuable see Miles Monroe said it this way the greatest tragedy is not death but life without purpose it's not death it's life without purpose it's getting to the end and going what what was this all about what's my purpose why why am I here absolutely everything has a purpose everything in fact everything that God ever created he created on purpose for a purpose in fact everything that God created he created first with purpose before it even came into being he had a purpose for creating light before he said let there be light.
He had a purpose for you before you were even ever created everything in life begins and ends with purpose that's why purpose is so important because everything has a purpose including you. Colossians 1:16 in the message it says this everything got it start in him and finds its purpose in him he didn't create you by accident you're not some you're not some accident that just happened to come along because your mother and father are because two people came together you are here by divine appointment by God called on purpose for a purpose.
That's what it says and there's only one me and God said I want you to live in this moment you are unique and you have a unique purpose before he created you he had the endgame in mind he gave you a purpose your birthday's special because that's the day God said you're going to come into this world on purpose for a purpose before the foundations of the world for anything was even uttered into existence he already knew you and called you by name and knew what your purposes would be believe that you have a purpose do you realize this is the number one question really deep down in all of our hearts what's my purpose does God even have a purpose for me please understand God is a purposeful God.
He is not a purpose-less God everything he created has a purpose God didn't create anything without a purpose Ecclesiastes 3:1 says to everything there is a season a time for every purpose under heaven when you look at everything that God created you can see God created trees with a purpose animals with a purpose people with a purpose. Romans 8:28 says and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are the called according to his purpose.
God has a purpose for your life and even when things go wrong he is working everything for our good listen to me the designer had a specific purpose in mind for you when he designed you people ask this question why am I here I really think we have two choices two world views one is we either believe that God we are God's highest and most complex creation or were some random cosmic accident I like the first one better it gives me a sense of worth value significance purpose why because it's based on the creator almighty God who not only created me but has a purpose and a plan and a mission for my life and your life I think this the starting point has to be God.
If he's our creator but God knows why I am the way I am and he knows where the bolts goes and he knows where the screws should be and he knows where to put the valves and he knows how to handle me because he knows me he knows what I can do he knows what I can build he knows what I can handle he knows what I can have he knows whether I'm supposed to be here or there or with this one or that one or connected here or there and if I don't go back to the manufacturer then I'm just playing with screwdrivers seeing what works only to spend hours building something that is dysfunctional and frustrated because it didn't work the reason we go back to God is because he is the master and he put everything in the box.
We needed to be successful at what we were created to do so I don't I don't have to wish for stuff that he put in your box because I'm not supposed to be you I'm supposed to be me I don't have to long after things that he has given to you because he gave them to you so you could be who you were supposed to be he gave me everything in the box I needed to do everything I was created to do he designed you for the life he wants you to live and if your life is unbearable it might be because you're leading someone else's life if you if your life is too much and too heavy and too fast and too painful maybe you're living somebody else's life because you will find that you are perfectly designed to be you and when you surrender to him he will show you how to best be you.
God has a unique purpose for each and every one of us so don't follow in the footsteps of somebody else's purpose let me say it again don't follow in the footsteps of somebody else's purpose see God has gifted you he's given you talents and abilities that he's given only to you and when you find out what that gifting is that will help point you in the direction of your purpose say it a different way in other words that God's not going to call you to something that he hasn't gifted you for first Peter 4:10 says this God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts use them well to serve one another you and I have been given God-given gifts passion personality and experiences and God uses all this to shape your mission in the work.
He's called you to do don't let failure stop you don't let your own limitations stop you don't let your own background or lack of education or lack of experience you have to start somewhere and when I think about ministry in general you have to start somewhere you start now wherever you are you start now in your gift and then that is what opens the door for you you just begin moving in the direction one step at a time the bible says thy word is a lamp unto my feet a light to my path it doesn't say thy word is the bright spotlight that I can see way down the road you just take the next step you be faithful in what God has called you to do because you simply step out and begin moving in the gift that God has called you to do listen God has a specific purpose for your life find out what your gift is be faithful.
Don't allow setbacks to thwart you or to hinder you in any way just continue walking in the gifting that God's given you and you will find yourself in the destiny God has for you one day very rarely do we wake up one morning God said here is the end from the beginning. I'm going to unveil the whole thing to you I'm let you know it all normally he begins to work in our life this way that you take the first step and I'll show you what the second one looks like and then we begin to go that way so it's more than just a journey more than just a discovery it is a journey of discovery as we walk with the Lord that the moment.
I began to take a step that God tells me where the next step should be he's ordering my steps in fact you look at it and scripture says well you step out in the water then it'll part that you take the first step Peter if you really want to come to me then you get out of the boat you take the first step and when you take the first step then I will show you what the next step looks like if you want to know the will of God for your life then love God with all your heart soul mind and strength give everything you have to God and let him begin to order your steps as you begin to take them I found that God is big enough in my life to get me to where he wants me to be.