WHY AM I HERE? - PART 3

 WHY AM I HERE? - PART 3

Genesis 1:31 "And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely"

Genesis 6:6 "And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart."

In our journey so far, we have come to realize a life without Purpose is a worthless life, thus making Purpose relevant to fulfilling our destiny. From the scriptures above, we see Man lost his purpose and this caused God a lot of grief. As we have said earlier, when a creation doesn't live up to its maker's expectation, such a creation first can never be approved of the maker and also the maker cannot glory in the work of His hand. This was the way it was between man and GOD when he fell out of Purpose. Hence, it was expedient that man had to be reminded of who He truly was, the essence of His creation and how He can fully achieve that Glorious destiny, thus pointing to us the need to have an understanding and true understanding can only come when we have knowledge of what the subject matter is. The only way to gather this knowledge is if we go out in search of it. One way, we do this is through studying God's word, THE BIBLE (God's wisdom in prints).

Until you have answered the following questions rightly, you cannot really say you have achieved Purpose or you are close to it.

Therefore to discover our purpose, we must find answers to these questions that have plagued man for ages.

-Who am I? 

-Why am I here? 

-Where did I come from? 

-What was I born to do? 

-What can I do? 

-Where do I fit? 

-Why am I different?

 -What is my potential? 

-Where am I going?

 -Why did I come to this planet? and many more like this.

So, how do we get answers to these questions?

Well to get the specifics of a gadget what do we do? We simply read the owner's manual written by the manufacturer. It's the same for man. God who is the manufacturer here has his own manual for man- The Bible. The scripture says in Luke 4:17-18

[17]And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written, [Isa. 61:1, 2.]

[18]The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],

Jesus found out his assignment (purpose) in the pages of the Bible. 

The scripture also says in Psalm 40:7

[7]Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me;

So the Scriptures (Bible) has always been God's primary way of revealing His purpose for our lives to us. Read it and in there you'll find life.

However discovering your potential is not enough. You have to maximize it by;

1. Knowing your source- God (manufacturer).

2. Acknowledge Him as your source.

3.Understanding your potential

4. Being in the right environment that best suits your potential (the right company; this can be in form of persons, places, materials, things, ideas, etc)

5. Cultivating your potential i.e. improving and sharpening it, and lastly,

6. Serving your potential..

Always remember, a Purposeless life is a wasted life.You have and can do something no one else can do. There is something in you that is just waiting to materialize. Just go out in search of it and maximize whatsoever it is.Please do not deny the world of you.

The world needs you, but you must discover first what you have that will bless the world. It's in you, You can do it, All you need is, get back to the Creator, read His manual, walk and work fulfilling the dictates.

It is pertinent that we discover why we are here and also pursue it tirelessly.

Thank you for following through this series..God bless you and have a blessed weekend.

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