“We
were created for a purpose”. No matter
who we are it is important to know that we were born for a reason, and we are
not an accident. I know my mother told
me that her and my father hadn’t planned on having another child, but 11 years
later I was born. Even though my father
and mother didn’t planned on having me, they were still glad and grateful that
I was born. Later as my two older
brothers became adults and got married, I lived with my mother until I got
married. As mother got older and needed
more help I was able to move her in with my family in order to take care of
her. My mother had taken care of me all
her life, and I felt God had blessed me to able to take care of her. I felt I was born for a purpose, to be there
for my mother.
Today
I want you to know that your birth wasn’t an accident, and your life has
meaning and purpose here on earth. In a
book called “The Purpose Driven Life - What On Earth Am I Here For” written by
Rick Warren, he shared the purpose for why we were created. In the book under a section called “Day 2 You
Are Not an Accident”, he says “Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your
life is no fluke of nature. Your parents
may not have planned you, but God did.
He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it. Long before you were conceived by your
parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.
He thought of you first. It is
not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this
very moment. You are alive because God wanted
to create you!”
I
believe we were created for God’s purpose of honoring Him with our lives, as we
live out our life’s purpose. All of us
were born with gifts and talents to use in order to fulfill our life’s
purpose. A biblical principle reveals to
us how we are created. In Psalms 139:14
it says, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works
are wonderful, I know that full well.” We
were created for a purpose. Last week we
started looking at five things that can help us discover and fulfill our
purpose, which are: passion, preparation, plan, priority, and path. We covered passion and preparation
in detail, and today we will cover plan,
priority, and path.
·
Plan – Once we discover our purpose
through our passion and begin preparing ourselves for fulfilling it, next we
need to make a strategic plan for achieving our life’s purpose. We must carefully plan out each phase and write
down the associated cost with it. If you
feel your purpose is to do a particular thing in life, then make a plan so you
will know what direction you need to go in order to fulfill your purpose.
·
Priority – We must prioritize our
plan in order to maximize our ability for fulfilling our purpose. Priority means we are putting our goals in the
right order for completing them. As we accomplish
certain goals it let’s us know that we are on target for starting our
purpose. Setting your goals in the right
priority, and achieving them can help you know when it is time to begin working
on fulfilling your life’s purpose.
·
Path – The last thing to help
us discover and fulfill our purpose is following the right path for achieving
our purpose. It is important for us to
be sensitive and aware of the path we need to go on, so we can be ready because
it can lead us in fulfilling our purpose.
It could mean hooking up with the right people that can help finance
your plan for fulfilling your purpose.
My
wife and I have encouraged all our children to fulfill their life’s purpose,
and we see it with our youngest daughter Danae doing her cupcake business. It all started with her watching cupcake wars
on the Food Network and DC Cupcakes on TLC.
She read books from the library on baking, started baking cupcakes and
enjoying it, and she is currently attending a trade school for baking. Her first batch of cupcakes that she baked
was a disaster because the cupcakes disintegrated into her baking pans. Danae was so discouraged that she wanted to
give up baking, but my wife encouraged her to stick with it, which she did and is
still baking today. Baking is Danae’s
passion and her desire is to be an entrepreneur one day owning her own cupcake
business. She is fulfilling her life’s
purpose. Whatever your desire is to be
in life, the only one who can stop you is you.
I encourage you to go after your passion, prepare yourself, make a plan,
prioritize your plan, and follow the path that will lead you to fulfilling your
purpose. We were created to fulfill our life’s
purpose, so just go out and do it.
Would love to hear your thoughts, questions, or feedback.
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