TOPIC: LIVING FOR A PURPOSE.
Everything around, either created by God or made by man has a purpose.The sun has it’s purpose;it gives light during the day.
Sunlight has a very important job in photosynthesis. Plants can’t survive without it,and man and other animals cannot survive without plants.The moon is also made by God to give light during the night.The rainfall is strategically made to cool the earth, moist the ground and make plants to grow.
Houses are built to serve as security for man, shade from the sunlight and rainfall.
Vehicles are made by man as a means of transportation, movement from one place to another. Clothes are made to cover nakedness and protect from cold.
The same thing applies to every man. Ask yourself. “Why am I here on earth?” “Did I just find myself here by chance?” “Or is there any purpose why God brought me here?” I assure you that you are certainly not on this earth by chance, God brought you here for a purpose.
Let’s consider these: what is that purpose? Am I fulfilling that purpose? Purpose here are in two ways:
1. The general purpose God has for creating everyone born on earth.
2. The specific purpose for which He created you as an individual.
1. THE GENERAL PURPOSE
The general purpose God had in mind for creating us in the first place was for fellowship. He longs to always have fellowship with you like He was doing with Adam and Eve before man fell.
He longs to commune with you, just like a father communes and plays with his children.
Man is the express image of God, andas such we are His children. And no father will like his children to turn their back on him.
In a nutshell, we were created to serve Him.
2. THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
There’s a specific purpose you were created to fulfil on earth which may be different from that of others.
I will give you an example. God may have given you a fantastic and melodious voice. Why did He give you that voice? The reason is to sing His praise and glorify Him with it.
But it’s so sad that so many are singing the praise of the devil with the voice given to them by God. Many are glorifying the devil with their God given talent, and as such, not fulfilling the purpose for which they were created.
For everyone on earth, there’s something God has designed you to do, just like a potter designs different vessels for different purposes. Some have discovered theirs, while some are envying and imitating others instead of asking God to help them discover theirs.
Seek to discover that purpose for which you were created, but bear in mind that whatever that purpose is, it should be for the glory of God and not for the glory of the devil. God bless you.
BIBLE VERSE OF THE WEEK:
2 Timothy 2:21 “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”
