Wednesday, 6 February 2013

A JOURNEY THROUGH PURPOSE with Pastor Femi (Final Part)


The great men and women we celebrate today were simply ordinary men and women who discovered the unique purpose for their creation. They were men and women who found their course in life and sailed towards their destiny, even if it means sailing against the winds of criticism, persecution, rejection, traditions, status quo and people's expectations of them. Some of them were late in discovering their purpose, but they were humble enough to turn around from the wrong direction they've been walking to start a new journey; the journey of purpose.

Little men and women are people who just drift along the sea of life. They go wherever the winds of life carry them. They don't care about a course or a direction. They just live life as situations and circumstances dictate. They have no tangible purpose they are pursuing in life. They are men and women with little minds. No wonder their impacts are untraceable.

Are you aspiring for greatness? Do you want to make your life count for something after all? Do you want to be missed after you have gone by the world? Then, the journey starts by discovering the original purpose for your creation. Not the ones your parents, friends or societal influences created for you but the real motive behind your creation. And if what you're doing now is not what you should be doing, then, be humble enough to make a U-turn; change your direction. Better it is to endure a brief period of pain to make changes than to suffer a lifetime of regrets for the things you could have done. What joy is there in toiling to climb a ladder only to reach the top and realize that you climbed the wrong one?

I thank God for apprehending me and showing me the way to go. If He had allowed me to pursue my own selfish ambition as an accountant, I would have died in misery counting other people's money in a bank and would never have been able to make any real impacts. I would have been rich with cars and houses, but I would have died a miserable man. I never would have had access to the countless number of people that my ministry has been a blessing to. Some people somewhere are waiting for you too to get it right because their destinies are attached to your own. If you miss it they are bound to fail as well.

DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE

                God has finished everything about the creation of man; his intricate design and reason for being created. All that is left to be done for man to live as designed is to uncover the reason behind his creation and begin to walk therein. Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” It takes a diligent search to uncover God’s secrets.

                Man’s purpose for existence can only be discovered in God. He is the Creator and thus, the only one who can accurately say the reason for the creation. The first step therefore, in discovering purpose is to ask the Creator. Proverbs 25: 2 quoted above talks about God concealing a thing and kings searching out all matters. In 1 Peter 2:9, we are called a royal priesthood, that is, we are both kings and priests. Therefore, as kings we have the royal power to search out all matters pertaining to our lives as far as the divine agenda is concerned.

                The best way to understand the working of a machine is to the manufacturer’s intention.  God is willing to guide us. We need only to ask Him for help. Psalm 32:8, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” Our identity is found in God alone. When we fellowship with God in the place of consistent prayers and searching of His Word, He unveils to us His agenda through the revelation of His Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9 - 12; Ephesians 1:15 - 20).  And I can guarantee you that the best place we can walk and work in, is in the will of God for our lives.

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