Essentiality of Purpose-23rd essential on the pathway of success.How to ride high in life.
Jer
1:5
Incidences and Realities of life:
We
fail because we don't know how to pass. You can go through life a failure,
because you didn't know how to pass. It can take you all years to make it
We
pass because we know how to pass.
Ten
subheadings
1. Our God is a God of purpose. He never
does anything without having a purpose John 3:16
1
John 3:8-son of God was manifested
Heb
2:14-15(he might destroy the one who had power of death)
Gal
1:3-5...he gave himself for a purpose
2. Everything God made was made for a purpose
-Prov 16:4...he made all things for himself ...even the wicked ; he made the
devil for a purpose (he needs someone to do his examination for him) God will
prepare u for his exams then he will exam u so that when u pass u are promoted
Rm 9:17(Pharaoh was made to destroy him); Rm 9:20-24...God made some vessels
unto honour and some unto dishonour
3. Some people never discover Gods purpose for
their life-they live and die without purpose. They live a life of failure
Hosea 4:6(my people perish for lack of knowledge); Prov 29:18...(where there is
no revelation people cast off restraint)
4. When the purpose of a thing is unknown
abuse of that thing is inevitable - u kill a cockroach because we do not
know it's purpose. Ants can cure leprosy. (Abnormal use-abnormal use...there
must be a normal use. Counterfeit and original) Esau Gen 25:29-34...first born
is to have a double portion of fathers inheritance ...
5. When a person fails to achieve a purpose of
honour -
3
things will happen to him:
a;
he's set aside
b;
he will be replaced
c;
he will now use him as a vessel of dishonour...
King
Saul...Tall handsome and humble(1Sam 8) ...1 Sam 15:16-23...(he preserved bounties
for himself) he led people for sometime
. He became proud and began to do stuff outside Gods purpose for his life. 1
Sam 16:13-14...the moment David was anointed an evil spirit came to Saul. First
king to become a lunatic!!
to
be continued on the 12th of March
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