Life's biggest challenge is to find out why you were born. Whether you realize it or not you are here for a reason! Even if your birth was an "accident," God has a mission for your life that no one else can fill. Some of the most miserable people in the world are those who either don't believe this, or who have not yet discovered their purpose. Living without purpose leads to all manner of evils that people inflict upon themselves and others.
Recently, as I struggled to understand my journey, I tried to articulate what I believed God wanted me to be and do. What resulted is a series of statements that helped me focus on how to find and fulfill my life purpose, one day at a time.
Today, as I seek to understand God's purpose for my life, I will . . .
1. Listen for His voice, respond to His desires and praise His name.
2. Use my gifts and possessions to make life a little easier for someone else.
3. Be authentic, reject mediocrity and pursue creativity.
4. Demand more of myself than I do of others.
5. Learn something new and pass it on.
6. Challenge the status quo, question the rules, and take time to dream.
7. Plan for tomorrow, but understand that "life" happens today.
8. Find a tangible way to express gratitude to a family member or friend.
9. Take care of myself.
10. Be self-forgiving when I fail to measure up to my own expectations.
God is eager for you to test His promise: "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you." (Psalm 32:8)
Prescription: Create some space for reflective thought and ask God to help you understand your life purpose. Make a list of your gifts and abilities. Jot down a series of short life statements that reflect your convictions and ideals. Assemble these into a statement of purpose for daily reference. Be open to change and make adjustments as God leads.
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First, of all, no one's birth is: "An Accident!!!!! God does not: "MAKE MISTAKES!!!!!! Daily, since "the fall" of mankind in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve, disobeyed God; when GOD told them not to eat of: The Tree of Good and Evil. Human have been "Making Mistakes." God purposed you to be on this earth. He chose you, "specially to be created and to be you." You are "unique." There is no one else like you!!!! Don't believe the lie of Satan, "that you were a mistake.!!!!! You are loved and cherished by GOD, your Creator. GOD says in the Bible that, "You are the apple of His Eye." God loves you with an everlasting love. YOU are: HIS CHILD!!!!
Give your life over to GOD. Let HIM, order your footsteps. Allow GOD to "Show OUT," for you. God will take you places where you've never been before. GOD will use you to do extraordinary things in His Power, that you could not accomplish in your own power or mite. My husband of (23 and a half years, died unexpectantly on Feb. 9, 2006. I did not want to live without him. I tried to will myself to death, but GOD wouldn't let me do it. GOD wouldn't let me go!!! Thank God He didn't let me go, to my deathbed. Don't get me wrong, things got a little rough for a while for me and my son and daughter. We were living off of my husband's income that he earned as a truck driver. When he died, the bottom fell out of our world. I got re-married, to a pastor, but it did not work out. I have found out by the weird behavior and attitude that he displayed towards me, that he was a"psychopath." He desired everything that I owned form my first marriage, he told me that he was jealous that I had college degrees, he was very manipulative and cold. He did not show these signs, while he was courting me, only after we gotten married, and (2) months later, his demeanor started to change. He became an "perfectionist, controlling, argumentative and very cold and showed no feeling of remorse etc. I prayed to God after leaving him (5x's) to give me strength not to return to him, and God rescued. I am now a missionary teaching English and Religion in the beautiful country of KOREA. I am very happy and independent. I rely on God for everything and GOD has been supplying: "All of "MY Needs". Seabiscuit
Posted by: Seabiscuit | June 08, 2009 at 04:27 PM