SIGNS OF NOT LIVING IN GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY JULY 08, 2022.

SUBJECT : SIGNS OF NOT LIVING IN GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE! 

Memory verse: "You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."  (Psalm 16 vs 11.)

READ: Psalms 17 vs 5: 

17:5: Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. 

INTIMATION: 

We have known that everything got started in God, and finds its purpose in Him. God has His reasons for creating the world. He has a purpose for creating all that are in the world, and determines the purpose to be served by all He created. All these are tailored to the form and nature of our Creator—our God is a God of purpose. To live purposefully in this life, we need to understand why we are created, and brought into this world by the Creator. Discovering that purpose makes life worth living, and you make the best of life here on earth.

There some key signs that you may not be living in the fullness of God’s purpose for you. 

As a Christian, once you are not living a life centered on Christ, you are not leading a purpose driven life for God. then we will understand how we can glorify God in all things. In this way, we can lead a purpose driven life for God. We will discuss here six signs that you don’t have much purpose in your life.

(1) YOU ARE BLATANTLY LIVING IN SIN.

Sin is a reproach, it is a revolution against God. If you’re blatantly disobeying the Bible, you’re not living in God’s purpose and you will certainly experience a sense of aimlessness in your life. This sign is quite straightforward so we don’t need to spend too much time here.

(2) YOU FEEL UNFULFILLED IN LIFE.

If you go about your days experiencing little fulfillment, you may be wandering from your God-given purpose. Fulfillment comes from doing rewarding, meaningful, purposeful things. From a job that taps into your skills and passions. From a relationship that involves giving and receiving. From hobbies that are invigorating instead of mind-numbing. Yes, you’ll have to do certain things that are boring and unfulfilling, but if you’re entire life is gray, you probably need a change.

(3) YOU LACK JOY AND EXCITEMENT.

If you wake up every day filled with apathy or dread or total boredom, you are probably not doing what you were meant to do. God has created you uniquely, has really good things planned for you and one of the fruits of the Spirit is joy (Galatians 5 vs 22). Undoubtedly, there will be difficult things you encounter that require patience and persistence, but overall you should have a sense of joy and excitement that fills your days, your work and your relationships.

(4) YOU ARE NOT COMMITTED TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

You are not committed to what you are doing.  You always have the feeling of pointless work. You go to the office, clock in, do your job, then go home and collapse in front of the television. You work for the weekends and for retirement. All true joy you experience comes from things outside of work, from hobbies or friends or side jobs. If this kind commitment is what you feel at what you are doing, you may need to rethink where you are headed.

(5) YOU FEEL TRAPPED.

When you have the feeling that you are stuck in you life’s pursuit, then there is a problem. You earnestly desire a change but also feel totally stuck in your life, that is s almost certainly a sign that you are not walking according to God’s purpose. Those who are stuck want to go in a particular direction but don’t know how to get there. So they spin their wheels, feeling endlessly frustrated but unsure of how to make the frustration end. Do you feel trapped?

(6) YOU HAVE NO DIRECTION.

If you don’t know God’s purpose for your life, you constantly feel a sense of aimlessness. You feel as though you are wandering from thing to thing without any forward progress. Nothing excites you and you don’t have any specific goals you are working toward. Unlike the Israelites, who wandered for 40 years yet still had a goal (the Promised Land), you don’t even have a goal in front of you. That is an obvious sign you are not living in accordance with your God’s given purpose.

Prayer: Abba Father, I know that the ways of a man is not in himself, determine my steps that I may walk according to Your predetermined purposes for my life, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!