Your Purpose Doesn’t Start with You

“Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless.” Bertrand Russell, Atheist

So many times when we want to describe the purpose for our lives the first thing we want to do in this very consumer driven Western World is talk about all the things we can accumulate.  We want a bigger house, a better car, a boat (totally useless in the Desert Southwest), and accumulation of more and more stuff.  Remember when closets used to be hooks on our walls.  Now we have closets the size of whole rooms and they still don’t accommodate all of our stuff.  That’s not what purpose is all about.

Purpose is about something bigger than you are.  Your life is far bigger than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.  If you want to know why God placed you on this planet you must begin with God.  Even the atheist’s believe that.

The search for significance has puzzled people for many years, thousands in fact.  The reason is we begin at the wrong point.  We begin with ourselves.  We ask ourselves what makes us happy, what do we want to be.  Focusing on ourselves will never bring us to our life’s purpose.   The search for stuff will always leave us unfulfilled.  We get the stuff and it makes us happy for a while, then we have to buy more stuff to make us happy again.  It’s a vicious cycle that never ends. 

“We were made my God and until we understand that, life will never make sense.”  Rich Warren  I do love people like Tony Robins and others that have sacrificed their lives to help others in the “self-help” industries.  However, we don’t need self-help we need self sacrifice. 

How can you know that you are living God’s will for your life?

How do we know if we are living God’s will for our life?  That can be difficult to figure out.  One thing that I know is that it doesn’t start with the focus on ourselves, it starts with self sacrifice.  If the thing that you have in your heart to do has to do with helping others in some way then it’s probably the one thing that God wants you to do.  But if you want to really know what your purpose or destiny is the best thing that you can do is ask Him.  He will tell you why He put you here.  I don’t think that He wishes you to remain in darkness about what he wants you to do.  Remember, “All things were created through Him and for Him.”  (Col 1:16)  If you want to know why you were created, go to the maker.

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Three Things that you Need to Live Your Purpose and Destiny

Why are you here?   Do you know?  Everyone and everything exists for a purpose.  What’s your reason for existence?  Every creature great and small has a purpose for being here.  With humans it seems to be more complicated.  Animals have instincts.  They instinctually know what they were put here and they do there utmost to carry out their mission.  Humans have reasoning.  Many times we reason ourselves out of our purpose and destiny.  It’s too difficult, everyone is against me, I don’t have the money, I don’t have the skill.  All of these excuses will be the things that talk you out of doing the thing that God put you on the planet to accomplish.

There are three things, however, that you need to accomplish your God given purpose.  Well, there are probably more than that, but here are three that I can think of.

1.     You need someone to help you along they way.  It is so difficult to accomplish your dreams and passions because of the many things the get in the way.  Our friends, our church, and or brains seem to either help us or hurt us.  Many people are dream stealers.  For some reason, mostly what is inside their brains, they don’t want to see you succeed.  It’s so important to have someone on your side.  You need a mentor or a coach to lift you up and let you know that they are here for you when things get rough.  You need someone from the outside telling you what you are doing right and what you can improve upon.

2.     You need finances.  So many times our dreams and passion are delayed or completely destroyed because we don’t have the finances to accomplish the exact thing that God wants for us.  We are ostracized many times for wanting to do something out of the ordinary.  We have to fit in.  That means we get a job and then we use our passion as a hobby.  If we would pursue our passion then the money would come.  There are also financial plans available that will also fuel your passion without a job.

3.     You need your health.  Health issues are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society.  Obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart problems, and a whole host of issues are on the increase in a world where our food supply has become nothing more than manufactured chemicals.  We need to have our health to accomplish our dreams.  That’s all there is to it.  Imagine going to Africa and requiring dialysis.  It just won’t happen.

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Do you Think you Have no Reason for Being – But Everyone and Everything Has a Reason for Being

Rattle snakes!!  I live in the Southwest Desert of New Mexico.  We seem to be surrounded by them and they are very frightening.  Many people run for cover when they see one.  However, the benefits of a rattlesnake far outweigh their danger.  They are very much needed for controlling rodent-borne diseases, which are very dangerous to humans.  The bite of a rattlesnake isn’t all that dangerous and only 1% of anyone bitten by a snake is ever killed.  Even rattlesnakes have a reason for being.  They know why they exist but do you know why you exist?

WHY ARE YOU HERE

If a low order of being like a rattlesnake knows why they exist why is it so difficult for a human to find out their reason for being?  I believe we are all born knowing why we exist but we are programmed by life NOT to pursue our true purpose.  Think about it.  When you were a kid you probably remember that the boys wanted to be a fireman or a policeman.  The girls wanted to be teachers or nurses.  Now days the lines of occupation are nonexistent so both boys and girls can be anything they want to be.  But all of those occupations have to do with helping others.  I know I wanted to become a doctor when I was growing up.   I wanted to be a nurse, a doctor, or a teacher. 

What do all of those occupations have in common?  They are all about helping people.  I love to help people.  I wanted to be a teacher because I love to teach others how to improve their life.  However, life got in the way of my dreams and I never became the doctor, nurse, or teacher.  I have coached people in weight loss and been a leader in Toastmasters because I can’t get away from the need to lead and teach.  It’s in me.  I have to do it no matter what. 

What is in you?  Think back.  What was that childhood dream that has gone by the wayside because life got in the way?  Are you miserable because you have never been able to pursue that dream?  What stands in your way? 

HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE YOUR PASSION?

Perhaps it is money.  Do you need money to pursue you passion and find your reason for being?  Why not start a business in order to have the funds necessary to pursue your reason for being?  So many people just stay stuck and will not do anything in order to pursue their reason for being.  Start now, don’t put it off, the world needs you.

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