LECTURE #002: What Is Purpose?
What Does the Bible say is the purpose of our lives?
"Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made," (Isaiah 43:7).
According to the Bible, our purpose, the reason we are here, is for God's glory. In other words, our purpose is to praise God, worship him, to proclaim his greatness, and to accomplish his will. This is what glorifies him. Therefore, in this we find that God has given us a reason for our existence, a meaning for our existence.
We were created by him, according to his desire, and our lives are to be lived for him so that we might accomplish what he has for us to do. When we trust the one who has made us, who works all things after the counsel of his will (Ephesians 1:11), then we are able to live a life of purpose. How the particulars of that purpose are expressed is up to the individual.
Life begins with Purpose. Until you discover what your purpose in life is, you are merely existing and not living. Your destiny is tied to your purpose, so greatness cannot be yours until you locate the task that God has created you to undertake, or the problem that He created you to solve.
Purpose makes for colourful living. It is the key that unlocks the full potentials of your gifts and talents. As long as you are living your own life, you will be missing out of God’s best for your life. You are created to soar high like the eagle, and not scat the ground like a chicken, which lives its whole life walking the earth and eating from rubbish dumps.
Webster dictionary defines “purpose” as; the reason why something is done or used : the aim or intention of something the feeling of being determined to do or achieve something the aim or goal of a person : what a person is trying to do, become, etc.
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