PURPOSE 2

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