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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