Jer 1:4-12, “¶ Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth." But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. "Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant." ¶ The word of the LORD came to me saying, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I see a rod of an almond tree." Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it”
Gal 1:15 “But when God, who had set me apart {even} from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased”
Acts 13:36 "For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
One of my great passions is to see and or help people discover who they are, understand and fulfill their God given purpose / destiny.
How do you find out your purpose?
The way God always talks to you
Do not always look for the spectacular
God normally uses simple ways to talk to us
i) Your conscience or your spirit man voice
ii) Simple reading the Word or listening to somebody speaking the Word
iii) Prophecy
iv)Holy Spirit speaking to you audibly
v) Inward intuition, “green light” sensation
How to keep yourself on track?
-Write down what God reveals to you about your purpose
-Research as much as you can about how to pursue your purpose
-Take time to prepare yourself in line with that purpose
-Be always sensitive to the leading of the Spirit
-Leave a consecrated life
-Associate with people with like vision or purpose
-Always look at the opportunities that God opens for you
-Find the people that your destiny may be attached to, God will use certain people to help you progress or connect you to your destiny
Work / Press Towards Your Purpose
For you to achieve anything in life, you have to dream about it. Pursue you purpose and dream about it.
I do not recall any big thing in my life that God just gave me without Him having given me a vision / dream
Prepare yourself for your dream, study and improve your education where you need to, confess your dream, pray for your dream, be positive and patiently wait on your dream
Do not allow circumstances or people to destroy or prohibit you from fulfilling your purpise
Importance Of Dreaming / Having a Vision
It is like before God makes you achieve something in life, He first gives it to you as a dream, imagination or vision
So, I believe God will show you your purpose and give you a vision of it.
The bible says God will do far more than what ask, think, imagine. Ephisians 3v20
God also says I will give you as far as your eyes can see, Genesis 13:14-15, “And Jehovah said unto Abram…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”
Deut 11:24, “Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.”
From the examples of people we studied above and my personal experience, it is like God will take you and show you a glimpse of the future, then let you work or walk towards it
So, your vision or dream will determine how far you go in life.
Your vision can limit you. If you do not dream and envision life, you will not prepare yourself, if you are not ready then you cannot be entrusted with great things
Supernatural Revelation or Guidance In Purpose Pursuit
1 Tim 1:18, “This charge {and} admonition I commit in trust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with prophetic intimations which I formerly received concerning you, so that inspired {and} aided by them you may wage the good warfare”
There are things that have been prophesied about my life, some I have seen, some are starting to manifest, some I have not seen.
I am waiting on God and working on my part towards those things
I have received prophesy about being called as a minister of the gospel (teacher), being a leader, being anointed to demonstrate God’s power, I have received prophetic prayers about my being a business man, etc.
I am working towards those; I am preparing myself and checking every opportunity that may arise!
But, we need to also balance up the issue of prophesy, in the New Testament prophecy mainly comes (from other people) to confirm and not to lead.
Normally God will show you things and confirm them through prophetic utterances
2 Tim 1:6-7, That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm {and} well-balanced mind {and} discipline {and} self-control.”
Stir up those things that God said about you, do not let them die!
You have a destiny and purpose for living, pursue it.
Others may not understand you, follow your purpose
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ON EARTH?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ON EARTH?
Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika?
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear {and} be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing].
•When you get to heaven, what will you hold as your accomplishments on earth?
•Others while on earth obeyed God and did or achieved great things.
•Paul says we are core laborers (workers) with God which means we are to work with Him. (1Cor 3v9)
•Jesus said My Father is working and I work like Him (John 5v17)
•The bible says, in a great house are many vessels (2Tim 2v20-21)
•There is something that everybody can do or accomplish
•Despite your age, gender, race, tribe, you can do something. You could have wasted many of your years or time, but from where you are, you can accomplish much. Samson did more at his death than in his lifetime. (Judges 16v30)
•As a body of Christ, each part of the body has a function (1Cor 12v13-20)
•Refuse to live and go without achieving anything
•Be resourceful as a person
•Contribute something to your family, church, society, generation, etc
Others Did Their Part
•Others in the bible did their contribution, Paul, Peter, Docus, Moses, Abraham, Bezaleel, Cornelius, the Shunamite Woman, Anna, Hanah, Esther, etc
•Outside the bible we have:
-Martin Luther
-Martin Luther King, stood for human (black Americans) to the point where he was killed for that.
-Charles Finney
-Billy Graham (It is said that about 210 million people (almost 14 times Zimbabwean population) in 185 countries have attended his meetings. In the so called his last preaching weekend, about 1 360 were saved. He has advised American presidents, been invited by presidents in other countries.
-Reinhard Bonke (He has seen 42 million saved in five years and is targeting 100 million in 10 years)
-Oral Roberts, has conducted over 300 crusades in 6 continents,
-T.D. Jakes has church with 28 000 people, second largest in America
-Pastor Chris, has preached to 3 million people in one service
-Kenneth Hagin
-Benny Hinn
•I like saying that when Dorcus died, the church had something to hold in their hand to seek God for her resurrection, what about you? What can we hold? (Acts 9v36-39)
•Kenneth E. Hagin testified about one of the faithful Christian in his church who fell from the roof and died, the guy used to pay tithes faithfully, above 10%. Hagin prayed for him saying God, you know this man gives… The man rose from the dead. After his resurrection, the man said in heaven God told him that Hagin would not let him go and He opened a curtain and heard Hagin praying before he came back.
•Let me pause here for something very important. By serving God and doing great things we need to put a balance.
-I do not mean break away ministries. I do not mean disrespecting spiritual parents, disobeying leaders, running and climbing on people’s shoulders to get recognition.
-Young people need to honor and respect their physical parents at home and church leaders.
-Do not build your business and or ministry by exploiting or cheating your employer or former church.
-I will illustrate this by an example about one of my relatives. He was raised under the care of his aunty (mamo mdala) who raised him as his own son. There are a lot of challenges that they endured together. When he was old, he seemed successful in material things and even got married. He built good houses in rural areas. He began to be arrogant and did not want to relate with everybody in the family. One day after I had used his axe he shouted saying I had damaged it. I did not know there were pending issues. Then his “mother” aunty came in and they started talking. The argument heated up to the extent where they were literally insulting each other with strong words/ insults. The man said that he was now relocating from the home back to his father. And for sure days later he pulled down his houses and went to build in his father’s home. Few months after they disputed again with his father and he left to build outside near the father’s place. His marriage broke down, he divorced and re-married. He got sick and died later and his family was destroyed, today, he is forgotten.
-There is a warning for young people with great dreams for life. Do everything in the fear of God and in obedience, lets you shutter your dreams and cut your life short.
Sober Question To Ask
•What history or legacy will you leave?
•After you are gone, what will you be remembered for?
•The bible says we will all appear before Jesus to give an account. What will you hold or give account for before Him? (2Cor 5v10)
•What crown are you worthy?
•Other people are known for the wrong things they do or have done. (fornication, slander, theft, discouraging others, etc)
•What are you known for?
•Some will go with souls to heaven, what about you?
•I heard somebody preach at the cemetery about 3 Ws “Wazalwa, Wadla, Wafa” (Born, ate & died). This should not describe you.
•You need to ask yourself / God about your contribution to this generation and generations to come.
•Wenzeni emhlabeni? What have you done on earth? Let it be a serious question that you ask yourself every time.
•What have you done for your family? What will you leave for your children? What will you leave or be remembered for by your relatives? 1 Tim 5:8, “If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith [by failing to accompany it with fruits] and is worse than an unbeliever [who performs his obligation in these matters].”
•What have you done for your church? What will you be remembered for by the church?
•What have you done for the society / nation? What will the society or Zimbabwe remember you for?
•When you get to heaven, what will you hold in your hand to present before Jesus? What will you answer when asked?
•Everybody has something that they can do.
•It does not matter how old or young you are, you can do something. You might have wasted many years but can still achieve something with the time left.
There is a sacrifice to make
•If you are to achieve anything meaningful, you have to make some sacrifice(s)
•Some were persecuted, some sacrificed their money, comfort, time, friends and some even lost their lives.
•Nelson Mandela is counted among the top 4 great people worldwide in this century, he sacrificed.
•To achieve great things, it will have to cost you something. For God to get you and me, it cost Him something.
•Jesus said to take up the cross and follow Him. Luke 14v26-27
My Desire
•Personally, I cannot die now, I have not done my part, I have not prepared for my family & children. I have not done much for my nation and society. I have not done much for the church. I can’t go now!
•I ask myself; I was born 28 years ago, got saved 13 years ago, got baptized in the Holy Spirit and have been talking in tongues for 12 years, have been working/ employed for 10 years, have been in BICC Lobengula for 10 years, have been married for almost 4 years, have been an accountant for 4 years, have been Youth pastor for over a year; what have I achieved so far? How many lives have I positively impacted?
•I want to be able to say like Paul, “MLB 2 Timothy 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering and the time of my death has come. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. Beyond that there is laid away for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me in that Day, and not to me alone, but to all who have loved His appearing."
•I want Jesus to say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant, you were trustworthy in a little, I will appoint you over much. Share the happiness of your master.” MLB Matthew 25:21
Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika? What have you done on earth?
Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika?
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear {and} be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing].
•When you get to heaven, what will you hold as your accomplishments on earth?
•Others while on earth obeyed God and did or achieved great things.
•Paul says we are core laborers (workers) with God which means we are to work with Him. (1Cor 3v9)
•Jesus said My Father is working and I work like Him (John 5v17)
•The bible says, in a great house are many vessels (2Tim 2v20-21)
•There is something that everybody can do or accomplish
•Despite your age, gender, race, tribe, you can do something. You could have wasted many of your years or time, but from where you are, you can accomplish much. Samson did more at his death than in his lifetime. (Judges 16v30)
•As a body of Christ, each part of the body has a function (1Cor 12v13-20)
•Refuse to live and go without achieving anything
•Be resourceful as a person
•Contribute something to your family, church, society, generation, etc
Others Did Their Part
•Others in the bible did their contribution, Paul, Peter, Docus, Moses, Abraham, Bezaleel, Cornelius, the Shunamite Woman, Anna, Hanah, Esther, etc
•Outside the bible we have:
-Martin Luther
-Martin Luther King, stood for human (black Americans) to the point where he was killed for that.
-Charles Finney
-Billy Graham (It is said that about 210 million people (almost 14 times Zimbabwean population) in 185 countries have attended his meetings. In the so called his last preaching weekend, about 1 360 were saved. He has advised American presidents, been invited by presidents in other countries.
-Reinhard Bonke (He has seen 42 million saved in five years and is targeting 100 million in 10 years)
-Oral Roberts, has conducted over 300 crusades in 6 continents,
-T.D. Jakes has church with 28 000 people, second largest in America
-Pastor Chris, has preached to 3 million people in one service
-Kenneth Hagin
-Benny Hinn
•I like saying that when Dorcus died, the church had something to hold in their hand to seek God for her resurrection, what about you? What can we hold? (Acts 9v36-39)
•Kenneth E. Hagin testified about one of the faithful Christian in his church who fell from the roof and died, the guy used to pay tithes faithfully, above 10%. Hagin prayed for him saying God, you know this man gives… The man rose from the dead. After his resurrection, the man said in heaven God told him that Hagin would not let him go and He opened a curtain and heard Hagin praying before he came back.
•Let me pause here for something very important. By serving God and doing great things we need to put a balance.
-I do not mean break away ministries. I do not mean disrespecting spiritual parents, disobeying leaders, running and climbing on people’s shoulders to get recognition.
-Young people need to honor and respect their physical parents at home and church leaders.
-Do not build your business and or ministry by exploiting or cheating your employer or former church.
-I will illustrate this by an example about one of my relatives. He was raised under the care of his aunty (mamo mdala) who raised him as his own son. There are a lot of challenges that they endured together. When he was old, he seemed successful in material things and even got married. He built good houses in rural areas. He began to be arrogant and did not want to relate with everybody in the family. One day after I had used his axe he shouted saying I had damaged it. I did not know there were pending issues. Then his “mother” aunty came in and they started talking. The argument heated up to the extent where they were literally insulting each other with strong words/ insults. The man said that he was now relocating from the home back to his father. And for sure days later he pulled down his houses and went to build in his father’s home. Few months after they disputed again with his father and he left to build outside near the father’s place. His marriage broke down, he divorced and re-married. He got sick and died later and his family was destroyed, today, he is forgotten.
-There is a warning for young people with great dreams for life. Do everything in the fear of God and in obedience, lets you shutter your dreams and cut your life short.
Sober Question To Ask
•What history or legacy will you leave?
•After you are gone, what will you be remembered for?
•The bible says we will all appear before Jesus to give an account. What will you hold or give account for before Him? (2Cor 5v10)
•What crown are you worthy?
•Other people are known for the wrong things they do or have done. (fornication, slander, theft, discouraging others, etc)
•What are you known for?
•Some will go with souls to heaven, what about you?
•I heard somebody preach at the cemetery about 3 Ws “Wazalwa, Wadla, Wafa” (Born, ate & died). This should not describe you.
•You need to ask yourself / God about your contribution to this generation and generations to come.
•Wenzeni emhlabeni? What have you done on earth? Let it be a serious question that you ask yourself every time.
•What have you done for your family? What will you leave for your children? What will you leave or be remembered for by your relatives? 1 Tim 5:8, “If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith [by failing to accompany it with fruits] and is worse than an unbeliever [who performs his obligation in these matters].”
•What have you done for your church? What will you be remembered for by the church?
•What have you done for the society / nation? What will the society or Zimbabwe remember you for?
•When you get to heaven, what will you hold in your hand to present before Jesus? What will you answer when asked?
•Everybody has something that they can do.
•It does not matter how old or young you are, you can do something. You might have wasted many years but can still achieve something with the time left.
There is a sacrifice to make
•If you are to achieve anything meaningful, you have to make some sacrifice(s)
•Some were persecuted, some sacrificed their money, comfort, time, friends and some even lost their lives.
•Nelson Mandela is counted among the top 4 great people worldwide in this century, he sacrificed.
•To achieve great things, it will have to cost you something. For God to get you and me, it cost Him something.
•Jesus said to take up the cross and follow Him. Luke 14v26-27
My Desire
•Personally, I cannot die now, I have not done my part, I have not prepared for my family & children. I have not done much for my nation and society. I have not done much for the church. I can’t go now!
•I ask myself; I was born 28 years ago, got saved 13 years ago, got baptized in the Holy Spirit and have been talking in tongues for 12 years, have been working/ employed for 10 years, have been in BICC Lobengula for 10 years, have been married for almost 4 years, have been an accountant for 4 years, have been Youth pastor for over a year; what have I achieved so far? How many lives have I positively impacted?
•I want to be able to say like Paul, “MLB 2 Timothy 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering and the time of my death has come. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. Beyond that there is laid away for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me in that Day, and not to me alone, but to all who have loved His appearing."
•I want Jesus to say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant, you were trustworthy in a little, I will appoint you over much. Share the happiness of your master.” MLB Matthew 25:21
Wenzeni Emhlabeni? Wayitei Panyika? What have you done on earth?
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