What Am I Here for?

God doesn't make mistakes

"God doesn't make mistakes" is a statement that we usually hear as a source of comfort when someone dies. I think a more beneficial statement would be about the person that is left alive: God didn't make a mistake when He let you live today or when He woke you up this morning, so what are you going to do with it? You and I are not a mistake. God knew exactly what He was doing when He created us, and He created each one of us with a specific purpose in mind.

God doesn't make mistakes, and He doesn't do things just to be doing them. You don't need anyone else to tell you that there is more to life than what you have been experiencing. You already know that. You just need to be pointed in the right direction. We can only get our true purpose from God because He is the one who created us, and He certainly knows why.

If you are like most Christians, you may feel that God is playing hide-and-go-seek with your earthly purpose and that you are losing big time. But could it be that you are looking in all the wrong places? A general rule of thumb as you seek your purpose is that it will always be the solution to a problem. Some people may find that their purpose is the solution to a problem that really gets them upset. One thing that gets me upset is when I hear people using the Word of God to manipulate others. Because of that, I have become a student of the Word, and I try to simplify the Word in my writing.

1 John 3:8 gives us a problem that we all had. God sent His son Jesus to be the solution to man's problem, thus this was His purpose.

1 John 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:8 sums up Jesus' purpose in one sentence: to destroy the works of the devil. Man had a problem, which was sin, and Jesus came with the solution. Since Jesus knew why He was physically on the earth, He knew what He was supposed to be doing on the earth, and He knew what He was not supposed to be doing on the earth. Everything that Jesus did was related to His purpose, which was to destroy the works of the devil.

Knowing our purpose makes all the difference in the world. It lets us know what to allow in our lives, but more importantly, it lets us know what not to allow in our lives. Knowing your purpose allows you to make purpose-driven decisions. It keeps you from wasting time doing the wrong things. Knowing your purpose also lets you know who your friends should be, what subjects to study in school, what job to accept, whom to marry, where to live, and what church to attend. Your purpose will always be the answer to a problem, so if the problem was on the earth before you were born, your purpose was too. If you want to be successful in life, find a problem and then figure out how to solve it. If you have a problem with something, you best believe you are not the only one on earth with the problem, and people will pay big money to have their problems solved.

Prayer:Lord reveal to me problems that you would have me to solve or to help solve. Through the Holy Spirit, allow me to see problem areas that I can get involved in. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....... ... in Jesus' name, amen.

Exercise: List three common problems you have noticed that you or others have.

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Your purpose is always ahead of you

This may be a hard pill to swallow, but your purpose is greater than you are because your purpose is meant to benefit many people, not just you. Also note that your purpose will always be ahead of you. When you begin to search for your purpose, the first place you should look is your future. You will never find your purpose in your past, although your past may be helpful in pointing you in the right direction. We must understand that God always complete things before He begins them, which means that by the time you get ahold of it, God has already competed it. That is why your God-given purpose will always stay ahead of you. Note:

Eph. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will

Notice how God has fixed life for you to win. With God, His will and His purpose are the same and He has predestined both of them.

To predestine means "to decree, determine, appoint, or settle beforehand." What God is saying is that His will and purpose for your life has already been settled beforehand, and He has left it as an inheritance for you. All you have to do is claim your inheritance and walk it out, because God has already completed it.

Eph. 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

Just as God received glory when Christ fulfilled his purpose, God also receives glory when you fulfill your purpose. Imagine if you were to build a machine and it worked just as you planned it to. Wouldn't that give you a sense of satisfaction? Well your God feels the same way when you walk in your purpose, doing what He created you to do.

2 Tim 1:9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began

1 Prayer:Father, help me to have godly goals that line up with your Word and your will for my life. ... ... ... ... ....... ...in Jesus' name, amen.

Exercise: List three goals you have for your future.

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God can keep you on track

No one wants you to walk in your purpose more...