Discover your PURPOSE. From the beginning of human history, mankind has been grappling with the question: Why am I here? What is the reason for my existence?
Each of us is born with a sacred contract—a reason or purpose for being alive. Our sacred contract is what you are "meant to do" during your lifetime. You can also have sacred contracts with other people and learn why you were meant to know them.
Every day we are facing lot’s of distractions in our life that shun us to discover the reason of our existence. We are being harassed of various circumstances that lead us to do some things that God never wish for us to do that’s why some people end up unhappy in their lives. God has always plans for us; even before we were born He’d written His plans for every one of us already so if we keep on insisting to do things in our hands definitely we’ll end up confused and unhappy.
Using Biblical precepts, the Christian can discover the purpose of life, design his or her destiny, and direct their achievement. (got the below in the net)
• Remember that you are "called according to His purpose." (Rom. 8:28) Don't think that by tapping into your human resources you will be where you're supposed to be in your life.
• Take command of your life by giving God control of your life.
• Function in a local church body. That is the second part of God's Great Commission. As Paul explains (I Cor. 12:15-17), the individual Christian cannot function alone. Each is like a specific part of the human body. The finger cannot function unless the brain does. The lungs must work well before the foot can carry the body. All parts of the body - and all parts of the church - must work in harmony.
• Share your Christian life with those who do not have it.
• Make a list of your dreams and desires. They come under four headings: spiritual, intellectual, physical, and those related to your personality, attitudes, and emotions.
• Pinpoint your social desires. This includes your relationships with family, spouse, co-workers, people you associate with in organizations, and those in your church. Fine-tune your financial goals. This has to do with earned money, your productivity, and with the expenditures, giving, and investments throughout your life.
• Do what you love. Malcolm Forbes said, "Whatever you like to do, just find a way of doing it. The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."
• Help someone. There is no more noble occupation than assisting another human being, or in helping someone succeed. (Alan Loy McGinnis)
• Once you discover your God-ordained purpose, you must hold it under the bright, revealing floodlight of His approval.
• Seek wise counsel. Surround yourself with people you know and trust - and who know you, your strengths and weaknesses. Tap into their wisdom and experience, ask for their candid appraisal.
• Perform and enjoy hard work.
• Create your own mission statement. Answer four questions:
- WHY do you have this purpose in life?
- WHO are you? (What have you accomplished to date? What is the code you live by?)
- WHAT do you plan to accomplish in your destiny?
- WHEN are these goals to be achieved? (You must have a time line.)
• Determine how you will achieve your goals. Start with the overview, details can come later.
• Ask yourself, "Is this really what I believe the Lord has planned for me? Am I passionate about this? Can I give my life to this?" Believe that "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." (Phil. 4:13)
"It's in Christ that we find out who we are and
what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes
up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the
overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone" Eph 1: 11-12
Discover your PASSION According to Merriam Dictionary J Passion comes from the Latin word passio suffering or pati to suffer that means having passion with something did not mean that it’s always related with our emotion or affection.
One great example of passion that correlates with suffering is the Passion of Christ. Christ passion is to love His people and for him to show His love to His people he suffered and resurrected in the cross. And for us, discovering our passion sometimes we need to undergo some sufferings and sacrifices to achieve the height of our success and to visualize our dream that is projected by our passion to go on with our purpose in life.
If we do not know what is the thing that we are passionate about, our life will be boring and dull. We must find time to nourish ourselves with those things which we are passionate. Passion is something that we really love or like to do…things that our body cried out us to do. If your passion is to serve the Lord and his people expect that you will suffer…expect that you will feel pain but despite of that we always need to live and do anything with PASSION in our heart.
Discover your PAIN Pain is part of human’s life; it’s there even before we existed here on earth. Even Christ experience pain so as His people, even following God’s will for our life will hurt sometimes. We are experiencing pain in our life and sometimes we used to ask our Creator for those pains…we used to think that He’s letting us to experience pain because of our unworthiness and our wrongdoings but the truth is pain is necessary for our growth. We should get the sense that pain is a part of our life to refine us and we need to let go of that pain because that will be a hindrance to appreciate God’s infinite blessings.
We must bear in our mind that God is intimately aware of all the pain in our heart and as He promised He will never forsake us in times of trouble we just need to TRUST Him. Don’t think that God is not acquainted with our pain. The presence of pain in our life does not mean the absence of God. Pain is indeed an invitation to embrace His presence more so LET GO ALL YOUR PAIN because after all those pains there are pleasures waiting for us.
Discover your PLEASURE We all live in a world full of incredible pleasure, yet many of us don't feel as if we're getting enough of it from our life. So often we're working, raising families, having relationships, and taking care of other responsibilities that tend to give us less time for ourselves and our unique pleasures.Think of every day as an opportunity for pleasure. Pleasure surrounds us like the air we breathe, the colors we see, the sounds we hear . . . and yes, in the people we meet. It's everywhere all the time, so why not enjoy it today? Remember door of happiness or pleasure is always open and we don’t need any key to open it for ourselves. Discover your pleasure with the Lord and you will have a pleasurable life.
Discover your POWER True power isn't about having things or money. It's about having inner strength. If you don't feel you have the personal power you'd like, then there is something you can do about it. Personal Power is achievable by anyone because we are all born with the ability for greatness. Sometimes we just have to rediscover it and ask God because those powers come from Him and He is the only person who can help us develop our power thru His glory.
Discover your power and use it for God’s glory.
I myself doesn’t know yet the exact reason of my existence in this earth but no matter what my life purpose is, I believe that if it is God's will, there will always be a way to fulfill it no matter how great the challenges are.
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