Living a purpose-driven life
Purpose is the original intention in the heart of the Creator for a Creature.
Every creature created by the creator was created for a purpose.
Purpose is that specific assignment you were born to fulfill.
Sometimes we worry on what we want to do in life, the school to go, what to study, where to work and many other affairs of life.
Life is more than go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, have children and die. There is more to this life.
Have you been asking yourself a lot of questions about what purpose is all about?
Purpose is the original intention in the heart of the Creator for a Creature.
Every creature created by the creator was created for a purpose.
Purpose is that specific assignment you were born to fulfill.
Sometimes we worry on what we want to do in life, the school to go, what to study, where to work and many other affairs of life.
Life is more than go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, have children and die. There is more to this life.
Many of us are used to asking this question from our childhood...
What do you want to be in life?
What do I want to be when I grow up?
The reason many are not living their purpose is because we are asking the wrong question.
This question should be - What does God want me to be in future?
READ MOREBecause God is our source and He created us for a reason...
Only the creator knows the purpose of the creation.
Every life begins with God. You didn't create yourself...
Your creator knew you before you were born. He alone knows what you were created for.
You may be asking...
What of those who don't believe in God or a creator.
What of those who believe in the big bang theory, the evolution or something?
But are they not living their purpose... Since they achieve a lot of things.
The Purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal ambitions and dreams.
They may achieve some things but it is nothing compared to the original purpose for their lives.
If the purpose of a thing is not known abuse is inevitable.
If you don't know the purpose of a cutlery fork, you will use it to till the ground as a garden fork...
Maybe because they look alike
If u don't know the purpose of a microwave, you can put it on ur table and be watching it like a TV.
In order to live a purpose-driven life, you must be conscious of ur creator.
Even though he has a purpose for you, He will never force you to live it bcos you have a choice.
Because He is so merciful, He has given us some pointers to guide us to discover our purpose and fulfill it.
Your special abilities (Potential) is a pointer to your purpose.
Your potential is your gift, your hidden talent, your untapped energy.
They are things you find yourself doing with ease.
God who created you has equipped you with the necessary abilities to fulfill that purpose.
Most time we admire the gifts and abilities of successful people and neglect the ones that God has given to us.
To every purpose, there is a gift...
And to every gift, there is a purpose.
Is just that some people find their gift first before their purpose.
While some who find their purpose first need to discover the gift to fulfill it.
God cannot send you on as assignment without giving you the tools to accomplish it.
Your gifts are tools to fulfill your purpose.
Anything God did not give you, it is because you don't need it to fulfill your own purpose.
Look inward and discover, develop and deploy that hidden gifts, potential and abilities God has given to you.
In order to live a purpose-driven life, you need to Watch your *Relationship s* and *Association*
You need to associate with like-minds going in the same direction with you.
As long as I love to network, I am always selective in my networking... I try to know more about you, and your passion.
The right Association gives you Acceleration in life.
I have come to realize that God intentionally bring some people into your life for a reason and a season to be a blessing to you.
There are two kinds of people in this life,
the purpose driven people and the pleasure driven people.
If I may ask... Which one are you?
Are you a pleasure driven person that always live in the present to enjoy every moment regardless of the future?
Or are you a purpose-driven person who thinks of the future and where you are going in life.
You are always conscious of why you are on earth and what you are expected to do.
Living a purpose driven life gives meaning to your life.
Everything we experience in life as a way of contributing to our makeup.
God deliberately allow you to experience some things in life to build you to be what he has destined you to be.
In order to live a purpose-driven life, you must always have the habit of asking the *WHY* question
Such as, Why am I here?
And the only person that can answer that question is God, your creator
And not your parents or brothers or sisters or friends
God is a all-knowing God. He knows the beginning from the end, and the end from the beginning.
He knows the best education, career, profession and relationship that will help you to fulfill purpose.
Unfortunately, Many people are in the wrong education, career, profession, or relationship because of the wrong advice from our parents, brothers or sisters or friends.
Let me remind you that many people have died without fulfilling purpose. This is because they did not care to discover it and live it.
As I conclude, you can't find purpose outside God - Your creator and source.
You can choose to agree with God and live that life he has designed for you which can bring joy, and fulfillment, or you can choose to disagree with him and live your own life which can never be compared to what God has for you.
Your decision today determines your destination tomorrow.
Make the right choice today and live a purpose driven life.
You can drop your questions...
I will close with this quote.
"Persistent Passionate Pursuit of Purpose is the key to Success" - Tolulope Makinde
COLLAPSE
QUESTION 1
I want you to expatiate more about "potential". Specifically the word gift
ANSWER:
Your potential is your hidden gift, your inborn ability and talent.
It is what you can do.
How do you identify your potential? Your potential is that thing which you do with ease or do without struggle.
Sometimes you just see yourself doing things others have to learn to do, and you do them perfectly well.
Your potential is also known as gift or talent.
There are two categories of talent, the inborn talent and the acquired talent.
There is a need for you to discover your talent early so that you can develop them into a skill.
Your gifts and talents define the tasks, jobs and careers you have the natural ability to be great at.
QUESTION 2:
What about people with multiple gifts?
Can you please share with us how to harness and manage those gifts?
Because every gift given to human is meant to be developed and used
ANSWER:
It is very important to know how to harness and manage those gifts because the market place is after your competency, what you have to offer, or what you can do.
Getting a successful career job does not depend upon your school certificate alone, you must discover what you can do and develop your competency in it.
The two types of talents are Natural or Inborn talents and Acquired Talents:
- Your natural or inborn talents: Inborn talents are those gifts and potentials you are born with, that you did not necessarily learn or acquire from anywhere.
You just find yourself doing it from childhood. This can also get you a good job and you can also start up your own business with it.
- Your acquired talents: These are those abilities or skills you acquire through trainings.
You learnt it and you are so perfect and competent in it.
You can acquire as many talents as you desire.
Everyone has things that come easily to them. Things they do that are almost effortless yet create amazing results.
The tasks you excel at reveal your natural gifts and talents. They describe what you are naturally great at doing. If you develop them and put them to work, you have the beginning of a great career or business.