How To Understand Your Life
Purpose
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Chapter 1: The Mystery of
Destiny
You and I must ever be grateful to God for creating us to
dwell on the earth that He framed into being through His Word.
God’s Word says:
Ps 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the
world, and they that dwell therein.
God created man after
he spoke into being all the things that will make life comfortable for
him.
Let’s examine God’s utterance that made man to evolve on
earth.
Gen 1:26
Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock,
over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.
So, God proceeded and created man in his own image, gave him
dominion and blessed him.
God blessed them and said to them:
Gen 1:28
Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and
subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over
every living creature that moves on the ground.
When God formed man He provided everything that man needed to
survive.
Gen 2:8-9
Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;
and there he put the man he had formed. And the LORD God made all kinds of
trees grow out of the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for
food.
The evidence of God’s providence for man is also confirmed in
the scripture below:
Gen 2:10-12
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from
there it parted and became four riverheads. The name of the first is Pishon; it
is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium
and the onyx stone are there.
“The gold of that land is good” So God planned that we should
enjoy the fullness of His glory, lacking nothing. God’s plan was for us to work
with ease. It is not His plan that human being should live on jobs. He created
each of us for a specific task, which he intended each person to do with ease
and little labour.
Gen 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden
of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
This scripture tells us that God placed Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden for the purpose of simply dressing and keeping the garden. This
implies that there is a task God wants each person to carry out or handle on
earth. God predetermined a need in your generation and He has designed you
accurately to meet that need.
Frankly speaking, only you can handle the assignment God has
created you to fulfill, as your own part of His universal destiny.
Despite this perfect plan of God that we should enjoy our stay
on earth, the first sin crept in. This sin was passed on to you and I, and
needed redress. Hear it yourself:
Rom 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
When Serpent made Adam and Eve to fall short of the glory of
God, God drove them out of the Garden of Eden, and change their living status.
Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Gen 3:23
Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the Garden of Eden
to till the ground from which he was taken.
Two things happened to Adam and Eve at this stage of their
lives. Firstly, they were removed from the environment that they understood,
which was specially designed for them to receive God’s will on earth as it is
in heaven – The life of comfort, success and fruitfulness. Secondly, God
reduced them to a living synonymous to carnivorous, that is, a life of tilling
the ground from which they were taken.
Man tilling the ground from which he was taken is equivalent
to, you and I, destroying or inflicting injury on our own bodies before we eat
daily. I am convinced; you know the great pain you will feel if you cut your
skin with razor repeatedly!
I see living on jobs as consequence of Adam’s sin and the
resultant effect of being thrown out of God’s radar.
Now compare the work God planned for man originally: “Dressing
a garden and keeping it” to “Tilling
the ground from where he was taken”
In your Secondary School days, or elsewhere, you must have
seen a Gardener. You discover that Gardeners never do any tedious job. They
work with ease. You hardly see a
gardener work under the sun. He may not even sweat while working, because he
does not work under duress. He chooses when to do his work. The whole of his
work is trimming of flowers or cutting of grasses, selectively, at his chosen
time and discretion.
You dare not compare his kind of work to that of a farmer or a
tree feller in the bush or a wheelbarrow pusher in a third world country home
market.
What am I saying? I mean Gods intention was not for us to
suffer or labour hard before we get our daily bread. God created food to depend
on us, not we depend on food.
What about that age-long mystery? It may please you to know
that a mystery occurred when Adam and Eve left Eden, which continued to trouble
man till today.
When Adam and Eve were relieved of their original work of
dressing the garden and keeping it – their divine assignment and mission on
earth, they were taking off balance. Consequently, their names were no longer
found in the employment list of God and the devil decided to enlist them in the
world labour market. In this state, they had to depend on their head, faulty
thoughts, and satanic leading for survival. And the best Satan could offer them
was job instead of work. This is how the whole world came about the term job
instead of work.
Have you ever found the word job in the Holy Bible? The word
'job' with respect to means of living is an orchestration of the devil.
I define Job as what the world system provide for you as a
means of living.
WORK is your divine assignment or mission on earth channeled
towards your path of destiny. Your work is what God gives you to catapult you
into satisfaction, fulfillment, wealth, and inner peace. In summary, it places
you on a life of significance.
When you discover and do what God made you to do on earth, you
are said to be 'working', and heaven will begin to testify daily about you, as
it testified about Jesus at his baptism in Jordan, and at the mount of
transfiguration.
Matt 3:17
And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This
is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Matt 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying,
"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"
When you do the work God made you for, God will not only be
pleased with you, He will make you an authority in that field. People will
gather around you because their needs are met. They will marvel at your wisdom
and your gifting. You will have extra strength and peace in your spirit.
But when you live on jobs, it will result in you living from
hand to mouth, lack of steady employment, lack of inner peace, and instability in
your matrimonial capital base.
Hello! You may be wealthy but not really successful. This is
because you are in the wrong place of your divine assignment. What does that
mean? If you have money, wealth, possession or prestige outside the work God
predestined you to do on earth, you will lack fulfillment, satisfaction,
significance and inner peace.
Simply put:
Success is doing what God made you to do!
It is evident by inner peace and passion.
Prov 10:22
The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no
sorrow with it.
Destiny In Christ
As a result of unlimited and ever increasing compassion of
God, and His tender mercies, which are over all His works, He sent His only
begotten son to redeem us to Him.
Rom 3:23-24
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus
Eph 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Through the blood of Jesus, you have the grace to recover
whatever you have lost as a result of the sudden evacuation of Adam and Eve
from the Garden of Eden.
Eph 1:11
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to
the counsel of His will.
Jesus is the only way. Through His light, you can navigate
yourself into your designed purpose in life. Now let us consider these two
scriptures:
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
1 John 3:16
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us.
And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
God loved us. You and I were off His radar for a long time. In
His infinite mercy He sent His son with great risk to die for our sins so as to
bring us back to Him. He expects us to show appreciation too by laying down our
lives. For who? - Those whom He has destined us to serve through our niche in
our life journey, also through our giving attitude, in the worship of God.
Giving is serving, and serving is giving. This is termed servant leadership.
This is explained further below.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ writing to the Holy and
faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse said:
Col 4:17(KJV)
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou
hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
Col 4:17 (NIV)
Tell Archippus: "See to it that you complete the work
you have received in the Lord."
There is a pre-determined work or assignment God has given to
you and spoken into your life to fulfill while on earth. He has also mandated
you to accomplish this task with all vigour. You have your own part of the
entire destiny in Christ Jesus to fulfill during your short time of sojourn on
earth.
Jesus was very conscious of his destiny, His purpose, divine
assignment and mission while on earth. He was so committed to fulfilling His
purpose that He refused to allow anyone, no matter how close to Him, to stand
between Him and His destiny. Remember, He rebuked Peter who was His closest
associate:
In the book of Mark 8:33, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying,
"Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but
the things of men."
Jesus came to die for mankind and redeem man to his
Creator. Jesus’ commitment to His work is buttressed by His submission to
working even on Sabbath day. The world calls this overtime. But Jesus was not
even on salary. Little wonder, Apostle Paul said he worked night and day.
I am not saying that you should use the time for church
service for other things on Sunday. I am only telling you how committed Jesus
was in fulfilling His destiny on earth. Of course, Jesus made us to understand
that there is nothing wrong in using Sunday in other way, as long as it is to
the glory of God – Healing on the Sabbath day glorifies God. So He used it in
that way. Now, hear master Jesus:
John 4:34
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of
him who sent me and to finish his work.
John 9:4-5
I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day;
the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world."
Your food should be in your divine assignment, not on that
nasty thing called job.
So, what next? You locate where you belong: your niche, your best
fit in life, and give it all you’ve got, that’s all. Jesus has given you the
light to work with and you must make haste while the sun shine.
Again, Jesus was so committed to fulfilling His divine
assignment that he broke protocol. He knew God would blame Him if He refused to
heal those who needed healing on Sabbath days. So He chose to please God rather
than please men or better still, the Sadducees, Pharisees and the Scribes. He
broke the Jewish tradition. He showed believers plainly that the Sabbath day
can be used in a spiritually led way, to the glory of God provided it is not
for personal gain.
I read a book, in which the author said that when the prophets
of old are at the point of delivering God’s message, the Spirit torment them in
such a way that they manifest momentary madness. I mean, the Spirit exact a
strange force on them, that, their behaviour and character would fit perfectly
into that of a mad man.
Wake up! Your passion must surpass that of Christ whom you are
modelling. Be obsessive to your passion.
Furthermore, the proposition that you will make heaven depends
largely on your fruitfulness towards God on earth. God, in His own heart, has
tied your accruing fruitfulness to your Work or assignment on earth, not your
job, career, profession, which are usually, selfishly stomach driven. This is
the life of serving and giving which He has equipped you adequately for:
Heb 12:2
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Sprit is ready to
pilot you to fulfill your assignment on earth so that later, in the life to
come, you will say: Heaven here I come.
What Did Christ Say Unto You?
Jesus told his disciples that the Holy Ghost would teach them
all things and bring all things to their remembrance, whatsoever He has said
unto them.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
In this context, what Jesus was referring to was what He has
spoken into their life before they were created into this obnoxious world.
Here, I am talking about speaking forth and foundations. Which foundations?
Foundation of the world and your own foundation too, I mean your world as an
individual.
Here again, I am referring to you being foreknown and your
future being predetermined. The Bible says Christ is the Word and the Word
existed even before man was created.
To be candid, John reported that all things were made by Him.
So Christ knows all the details about your destiny.
John 1:1-4
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was
life; and the life was the light of men.
Paul said in the book of Ephesians that God has chosen us in
him before the foundation of the world.
Eph 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
If you believe that Jesus Christ was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, then, you too was planned and designed for a purpose
and unique assignment.
Your destiny cap can only fit you perfectly and no one else in
the world running into billions of people. You are a perfect engine more
glorious that aggregate of terrestrial machines put together.
Jesus existed at the time of creation of the universe; He only
came into the world to manifest in the flesh form for the purpose of
redemption.
1 Peter 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the
world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be
with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:
for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Before your Creator introduced
you into this world and the generation that you are part of now, an event took
place that you were not conscious of. It occurred in your nonexistence.
Beloved, if you will agree with me, the spirit that gave birth
to your being was without nomenclature. This means that, the spirit had no
bearing to you at that point in question. Simply put, that spirit was
undefined.
Now, there is what I call ‘Divine Summoning’. Through divine
summoning, God summoned a spirit to the midst of those with him, with the
purpose of handling a task in a specific generation on earth. They needed to
speak this divine task into the summoned spirit. Now just like what happened in
revelation chapter five, as revealed to John, none of those fellowshipping with
God at that point in time was capable of speaking to, or sending forth that
spirit on the assignment except our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev 5:1-7
And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a
scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a
strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the
scroll and to loose its seals?" And no one in heaven or on the earth or
under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. So I wept much,
because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to
loose its seven seals." And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the
throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood
a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which
are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Then He came and took
the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
Here, in the book of Revelation, It was said that there was no
competent person to open the scroll that was sealed with seven seals, until a
Lamb that seems slain appeared and volunteered, took the scroll, and began to
open the seals one after the other.
In like manner, our Lord Jesus Christ volunteered and spoke
'you' into the spirit that became you. The you in quote are your destiny and
assignment. Jesus told that spirit the unique task he would be coming to the
world to do. Jesus enumerated all that the spirit must accomplish on earth
before returning home.
Do you know what Jesus said to the spirit? Jesus must have
said:
We are sending you to generation X in planet earth, to solve
problem Y. We have shaped you, modeled
your make –up and equipped you to handle this problem effectively and
tactically with ease. Furthermore, these are the details you need to accomplish
the simplified task... You must make sure you complete the task in the set time
we would allow you to stay there. Failure to complete the assignment means that
you will no longer be part of us. We have designed your DNA and packaged you
appropriately to fulfill this divine assignment. Whether you succeed or you
fail, it will be your fault. Receive grace.
Receive something for nothing. Receive unmerited favour. Receive God
riches at Christ expense. Now, I charge
you, Go! Go!! Go!!! to the world and affect your generation.
So after Jesus Christ has spoken to the spirit, which before
then was just a certain spirit, its divine assignment and destiny, God then
commanded the spirit to enter into a mass of clay molded in human form. Then
this assigned spirit began to cohabit with a body and a soul, which became
human being. By God’s sovereignty, God now chose a womb for the development of
the organism planned to be introduced into the world, as a little child, after
a period of nine months. That's your foundation.
Did it ever happen to you as a
little child probably in the ghetto, that your father, mother or guardian sent
you to deliver a message to somebody, but before you reach the recipient, you
could no longer remember the message? This is the scenario with all men
concerning their destiny.
Because of the absence of the soul - the cerebrum, cerebellum
and medulla oblongata, when Jesus rolled out the unique assignment to the
Spirit, the resulting human being had no knowledge or consciousness of what
happened to his Spirit ahead of time. So you see why your body, soul and spirit
have no knowledge of your divine destiny or life purpose.
Therefore everything pertaining to your destiny, mission and
life purpose became a mystery or unknown. Hence Jesus often makes reference to
the need for believers to understand mystery, when he was on earth.
Destiny is different from purpose. Destiny is restricted to
human usage and is end pertinent, purpose is not. So I prefer the word destiny
rather than purpose, for purpose may not have future ambition and
accomplishment.
Mark 4:11-12
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the
mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things
are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing
they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted,
and their sins should be forgiven them.
The only person that bears
record of your destiny on earth is Jesus Christ, but He ascended to heaven over
two thousand years ago. However, darling Jesus said you should not bother about
His absence in this world; He therefore assigned a colleague of His - the
Comforter, called the Holy Spirit, to reveal to you every detail concerning
your destiny.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Jesus Christ sees you, as king and priest, and he want you to
reign as leader in your best -fit- in -life.
Rev 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we
shall reign on the earth.
Christ has given you all spiritual blessings, but He attached
their manifestation to your divine assignment. Below are the seven key things
you stand to receive when you discover your destiny and walk on the path of
fulfilling that purpose:
Rev 5:12
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,
and blessing.
An excerpt fro my best-selling book: "How to discover
your divine destiny and total breakthroughs" (Pages 1-34 out of 200pages).
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