Power Of Purpose (Keys To Unlock God's Purpose For Your Life)

Purpose is a very important and need conversation today. I believe that the world is in the current state that we are in because we have yet to understand purpose.

Created for Purpose (God’s Original Intent)

Every human being wants to know the purpose for their existence. In fact, there are four main questions that everyone will seek to answer for our lives: (1) “Who am I?” This is a question of identity. (2) “Where do I come from?” This is a question of origin. (3) “Where am I going?” This is a question of destiny. (4) “Why am I here?” This is a question of purpose.

What is purpose?

Purpose is the original intent or reasons for the existence of a thing.

The original intent

Reclaiming God’s Original Purpose for Your Life: God's Big Idea Expanded Edition Chapter One: The Garden of Eden: God’s Kingdom on Earth

It is more important for us to know what a person intended than to know what he or she actually said or did. If we do not properly discern intent, misunderstanding will follow. This is one reason why there are so many confused people in the world: We have misunderstood God’s original intent; we have misunderstood not only ourselves, but also God’s purpose for us on Earth.

For us humans, our purpose is the original intent or reasons of God

When we talk about talk about the intent of God we are talking about His determination and desire for us when He gave us life: when he created us

When I say “When he created us” I am not primarily talking about an Earthly birth.

We were not created at birth, our creation proceeds cronological time.

What did he tell Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:5 ““Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”” )

Created for Purpose God’s Original Intent

Since everything in God begins with His original intention, we were a fully formed idea in His mind before we ever received our physical bodies

Why is Purpose Important

Because whenever purpose is not known, abuse is invetiable

In other words, if you don’t know the purpose for something (or you choose to ignore that purpose), you can’t do anything other than abuse it. No matter how good your intentions may be, they are canceled by your ignorance. You may be sincere and committed toward your husband, your child, or your boss, but your sincerity and commitment cannot make up for your lack of knowledge of their purpose. Abuse remains inevitable.

Unleash your Purpose (Chapter 3: The Principles of Purpose)

The word abuse means “abnormal use.” Or to say it another way, if you don’t know the proper use for something, you will use it in an erratic and disorderly manner. Unknown purpose also leads to misuse, which is a stronger form of abuse. To misuse something means that you miss the intended use. Although the product has a purpose, you miss knowing it and thus use it for something other than what the creator had in mind when he designed and made it.If you don’t know the purpose for a baby, you will misuse the child. (We call that child abuse.) If you don’t know the purpose for money, you will abuse the money. If you don’t know the purpose for a job, you’ll misuse the job. If you don’t know the purpose for your mate, you’ll abuse your spouse. (We call that spousal abuse.)It is therefore very important that you either discover the purpose for everything you encounter in life or refrain from using that person or thing until you gain that knowledge.

Keys to unlock Purpose

Defeat Deception

Adam & Eve (Genesis 3:4-5 ““You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.””

The devil cant destroy purpose but can deceive person

She was already in the image of God (Gen. 1:26 “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”” )

Deception will always come in the form of what you are not.

Discern Your Difference

DEVELOP DIFFERENCE

For believers, practicing discipline should be a greater goal than increased productivity and personal benefit. The Christian idea of discipline is about shaping your life according to the heart, character, and will of God. This is something that God does in us, but our actions and choices also matter. There are things that we cannot see the fruit thereof unless we are disciplined.

Jesus tempted in the wilderness

Had access to all the pleasures in the world, but was focused on his purpose.

Are you forfeiting your purpose for temporary pleasures

Disciple is the willingness to hold yourself to a standard