LOVE AND PURPOSE

THIRSTY TO FULFILLMENT AND THE POWER OF ‘LOVE’ TOWARDS PURPOSE

Josephat S. Hema

The Key verse Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28  (KJV)

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

There are three key words here,LOVE(to God)CALLING AND PURPOSE.keep them in your mind!

Basically,we share a little on the understanding of God’s purpose for our life and the desire for Human to understand the purpose and to fulfill it!JOSEPH is the central character of this teaching.

GOD’S PURPOSE.

God created us in his own image,He is full of Glory and He never intended to give that Glory to any being(Isaiah 42:8)so He wants his glory back in the form of thanksgiving,praise and worship!He wants a human being whom he created,in his full conscious,to glorify Him.We hereby came to the understanding thay the core purpose we have on earth is to Glorify God!

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,do it all for the glory of God.

Colossians 3:17 (NIV)

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

In the mission to fulfilment that great and main purpose,God Has called us(CALLINGS) in various ways to achieve the goal.We  come to the concept of callings!Every calling is meant to fulfill that core purpose,To glorify God!

Callings are general and specific!

A call to multiply in Genesis 1:28 and  A call to evangelism(Great Commission) are General calls!For this God has called us to increase both in number(and wealth) and in spiritual terms(Salvation).But remember the core purpose is GLORY!

2 Corinthians 4:15

NIV

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God

Increasing is the sign of God’s glory(God’s presence or manifestation) and in turn He wants the deep praise,honour and appreciation from our Hearts.

But also some people had specific callings which also add up to the fulfilment of the main purpose-Glorification of God!

For instance Oholiab and Bezalel(Exodus 31:1-6),were craftsmen to whom the creativity in artworks was added by God so that they Glorify Him in tarbenacle decoration.

Kings,Prophets,Apostles,Judges are examples of specific callings ever portrayed in the Bible for God’s Glory!

THE POWER OF LOVE IN PURPOSE FULFILLMENT

We learn on the connection between your heart and God’s purpose and here is where we look upon the life of Joseph.Among the very important Characters that made Joseph to live fully the purpose of God were Obedience and Faith!

These two factors are HEART FACTORS.Its only a loving heart that can contain these things,and here is where we always stumble,fall,delay and worry about the future!

Romans 8:28(above) describes to whom all things work together for good!-THOSE WHO LOVE HIM,,,,those who are CALLED according to his PURPOSE!

God searches the Heart,above all things,the level of love towards Him,because He wants his glory to come out from people with loving heart,people who obey and have faith in Him.He calls people of this Kind!

Love has the power to destiny fulfilment,Joseph had this,he kept his profile pure everyday,through all temptations and heart breaks,he remain focused!There is no a single step he doubted although sometimes he was sent to prison and slavery,at thay point it was not obvious that he would rule one day. Nowadays when we face uneven situation like this we lose faith by doubting,the power of love weakens,and sometimes we lose obedience,we go astray,this delays  God’s manifestations in our life!

Let Love lead!

John 14:23  (NIV)

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

Once you keep a pure heart and maintain it,you shouldn’t worry because what will be will surely be,God is always faithful,He is always there to fulfill His promises,He is not a lying God,He is always doing things on time...it’s our Hearts which delays the processes.When we lose faith and disobey.

Israelites suffered the consequences of unfaithfulness and disobedience-Numbers 14.

They delayed to reach the fully Glory and manifestations of God although they really knew their destination.

We nowadays worry about what will be?what job or profession?what wife/husband?and the likes.Its true that some other things should involve our thinking but my point is that;we should make faith and obedience the priority,this will make God to lead us into right paths!

Proverbs 21:2 (KJV)

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

We should first concentrate on His Kingdom and its righteousness(Mathew6:33)

“ Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.”

-Desmond Tutu.

GOD’S PURPOSE AND PASSION FOR PROFFESIONS

Whether a doctor,teacher,lawyer,engineer,politicians,writer,actor,musician etc

The main purpose is GLORY to God.

Don’t worry when your passion dissappears,or when you lose an opportunity to what you’ve been dreaming of because that weren’t meant to be,still God wants glory from you,through something else!

David was just a musician and a shepherd,he probably enjoyed that,but God called him for something He wanted to be glorified through.

Sometimes we happen to do things we never expected,if we remember one thing that we are called to Glorify God,we should do it with our mighty and stop feeling down for lost dreams.

You may plan to be something good but He wants you to be something else-BETTER!

God can grant your passion or not,for his genuine reasons!

Proffesion is nothing but a call to glorify God,every Christian should understand this.

God’s purpose in your life is about God(HIS GLORY) and not about you!

Dr Tony Evans once said,

“When you realise that God’s purpose for your life isn’t just about you,He will use you in a mighty way!

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