January 17, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John
Having Purpose/Preparing for 2023
You and I were born to have ‘purpose’. Not just any kind of purpose or purpose that is self-generated, but a purpose that gives meaning, strength, and character to exist in a world that destroys purpose. This world’s purpose rarely lasts or gives purpose with fulfillment.
I have tried to succeed in having purpose in whatever I choose to do, but when I leave God out of the equation of finding purpose, I fail to find purpose with meaning, fulfillment, and satisfaction.
I was struggling with what God was having me read in the Bible—the verses were depressing and almost without hope. As I woke up one morning God spoke this one word to me, “purpose.” This is what I was missing to stay happy and fulfilled.
The same very day I received confirmation to have purpose. You and I cannot love God nor fulfill His will without purpose. What God wanted of me was to do whatever I do, to do it unto the Lord. God was not going to give me a purpose for my life but for me to create purpose by acknowledging whatever I do to invite and do my activities as worship to Him.
So as the Bible states, “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). So, it does not matter what I do, but rather, I can find health, happiness, and contentment in whatever I do. This is an easy way for all of us to have purpose especially when things get tough or when life’s events become dark and full of evil.
All of us can have purpose! So, acknowledge Christ and do all things no matter how small for the glory of God being thankful to Christ. This will give you purpose even when it is tasks that you might not enjoy—even ‘reading verses in the Bible’ that frighten you.
Now I go about doing whatever and say, “I am doing this for you, God” and let it be. God takes the worry and fear out of what I am doing, and I now find purpose and freedom.
Isn’t it grand to be a Christian!
P.S. The Holy Spirit has ‘opened up’ the Bible to me in ways I have never found, heard, or understood before. I do not know what has happened, but in the last three months, whenever I read the Bible, it is like I have never read it before! This has not happened just to me, but others have shared with me their testimonies about understanding the Bible more than ever. This is one of many attributes, God promised would happen in the last days and during the ‘Latter Rain’ which I call the ‘Second Pentecost’. There will come a hunger for God’s Word, the Bible, like no one, has ever seen before. Even greater than during the “Jesus Movement” (during the late ’60s and early ’70s) when Jesus was talked about wherever you went.
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