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Finding Your Purpose in God
Is there a plan God has for me?
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F or I know the thoughtsand plans that I have for you, says the Lord,
thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and notfor evil, to give you hope inyour final outcome.
Jeremiah 29:11
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D oes God have a specificpurpose for our lives?
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T his question must first beanswered before we caneven start to consider findingour purpose.
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U nless we believe that Godhas a specific purpose for uswhy would we try to findone?
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T he first question I ever asked about God that wassincere and ultimately led tomy finding Him was, D o youthink there is a God and if
there is what does He haveto do with us?
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T he existence of God and His
relationship with usis the ultimatequestion of purpose.
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If there is no Godthere is nopurpose.
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T he Western faith inmaterialism has resulted insuch chaos that only therelics of a once heldChristian belief system has
kept it from completelydestroying itself.
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At the core of atheism is the denial
of any sense of purpose to humanlife.
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Without a faith in God thereis no basis for human worthor purpose. We are no moresignificant than the spiderswe crush to rid our homes of
them.
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T hat is why the mostruthless heart is one thatreally believes there is noGod.
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I believe anyone who looksat the world as it really is willcome to the conclusion thatthere had to have been adesigner who created the
world and ultimately us.
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B ut even that knowledgedoes not answer thequestion of purpose.
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K nowing that something or someone designed all of thisdoes not tell us that therewas a purpose in creating it.
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T he creator could have beenan alien from a dying racelike 2001 a Space Odysseypromotes.
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In that case the purpose of humanity is non specific.T here is a grand scheme butthe individuals have little or no purpose themselves.
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T he creator could have been just filling in time. Or he/she/it might no longer exist.
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T he understanding thathuman beings were createdby God with a purpose is
only found in believing thatGod is real and has a
personal relationship with us.
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T he more personal aninterest He has in us themore profound is the sense
of purpose.
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We have come tounderstand that God is socompletely interested in us
that He knows even thenumber of hairs that we
have.
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"A re not five sparrows sold for two
cents? Yet not one of them is forgottenbefore God. 7"Indeed, the very hairsof your head are all numbered. D o not
fear; you are more valuable than manysparrows
Luke 12:6-7
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K ing D avid fully expresses in a song
the intimacy he knew God had withhim in Psalm 139.
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K ing D avid fully expresses in a song
the intimacy he knew God had withhim. T he song is found in Psalm139.
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. . . O LOR D , you have searched me,
and known me. 2 You know mydownsitting and my uprising, youunderstand my thought afar off.
Psalm 139:1-2
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A s our Creator, God knows us
perfectly. He created our Spirit,Soul and B ody. He knowseverything about us..
EVERY T HING
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He is not just a far off creator that startedthe world and left it. He remainsintimately connected to His creations.He is perfectly involved in everything wedo, think, feel, believe.
EVERY T HING
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5 You have beset me behind and before,and laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?
Psalm 139
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T he picture D avid sings to us about is soclearly the experience of his life. God isso closely tied to His creation that itgoes beyond human capacity tocomprehend it yet it is able to be
discerned by the revelation of God. Heis always with us.
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8 If I ascend up into heaven, you arethere: if I make my bed in hell, behold,you are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, anddwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall your hand lead me,and your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 139
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11 If I say, Surely the darkness shallcover me; even the night shall be lightabout me.
12 Yea, the darkness does not hide notfrom you; but the night shines as theday: the darkness and the light are bothalike to you.
Psalm 139
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D avid will not let us think for a momentthat God is even slightly distant. He istotally connected to His creation.T hough D avid did not know aboutatoms if he did he would have sung that
God is connected to us even on asubatomic level.
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Several centuries later Paul as
well reaffirms that Jesus is thevery force that keeps everythingin life from coming apart.
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F or by Him all things werecreated, both in the visible andinvisible, whether thrones of
dominions or rulers or authorities - all things havebeen created by Him and for
Him.Colossians 1:16
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T he him that Paul speaks of is
Gods only son Jesus who Hesent to give his life for us tobring us back to a full
relationship with God.
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A nd He is before all
things and in Himall things hold
together.Colossians 1:17
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Jesus is involved in eventhe sub atomic particlesin our being.
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We cannot possibly get a
message from the B ible of aCreator that is uninvolved.T he B ible tells us that our Creator continues to createin our lives.
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Now D avid moves us fromthe larger experience of Gods intimate connection
to us to the specifics of our creation.
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13 F or you formed my inward parts; Youwove me in my mothers womb.
Psalm 139
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14 I will give thanks to you; for I am14 I will give thanks to you; for I amfearfully and wonderfully made:fearfully and wonderfully made:
Wonderful are Your works; and my soulWonderful are Your works; and my soulknows it very well.knows it very well.Psalm 139Psalm 139
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15 My frame was not hidden from15 My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, You, when I was made in secret,and skillfully wrought in theand skillfully wrought in thedepths of the earth.depths of the earth.
Psalm 139Psalm 139
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16 your eyes have seen my unformed16 your eyes have seen my unformedsubstance; and in your book were allsubstance; and in your book were all
written The days that were ordainedwritten The days that were ordainedfor me, when as yet there was not for me, when as yet there was not one of them.one of them.
Psalm 139Psalm 139
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Jesus created us from the first cell.Jesus created us from the first cell.He created us very specifically.He created us very specifically.
Each aspect of our creation hasEach aspect of our creation haspurpose. They all relate to ourpurpose. They all relate to ourdestiny in God.destiny in God.
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When we understand that Jesus is
our creator us we also understandthat He created us, as He dideverything else He created,
Purposefully
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B EING CRE AT ED P U RPOSE FU LLY
ME A
NS:
WE H A VE A P U RPOSE
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BUT
JESU
S CRE AT
INGU
S WIT
H A P U RPOSE D OES NO T ME A N WE
AUT OM AT IC A LLY FU LF ILLT H AT P U RPOSE.
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IT
IS COND
IT
ION A
L ON
U SWHE T HER WE A LLOW
OU RSELVES T O B E U SE D F ORT H AT P U RPOSE HE D ESIGNE D
U S F OR.
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T O REJEC T JES U S A S O U RCRE AT OR IS T O
REJEC T OU RP U RPOSE.
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F or by Him all things were created, bothin the heavens and on earth, visible andinvisible, whether thrones or dominionsor rulers or authorities--all things havebeen created through Him
and for Him .Colossians 1:16
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T his is even morespecifically stated in thegreat anthem of praise
that resounded on the dayJohn the beloved whowrote the book of Revelation received hisprophetic vision.
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T he four and twenty elders fall
down before him that sat on thethrone, and worship him thatliveth for ever and ever, and
cast their crowns before thethrone, saying,
Revelation 4:10 ( K JS)
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T he N A S B translates the words
for thy pleasure,because of Your will
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T he NIV translates the words for
thy pleasure,by Your will
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A LL T HREE T R A NSL AT IONS
PIC K U P ON A SPEC T S O F T HE T RUT H CON TA INED INT HE GREE K WOR D
CONCERNING WHY A LLT HINGS WERE A ND A RECRE AT ED .
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thelema, thel'-ay-mah; from theprolonged form of Greek thelo; adetermination
(active) choice (special purpose, decree;abstract volition) or
(passive) inclination :- desire, pleasure,will.
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So then we are created:
1. B y the CHOICE of God(because of His will)
2. B y the D ECREE of God (byHis will)
3.F
or His PLE A
SU
RE
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A LL T HREE A RERE A LLY A P A RT OF A NYT HING T H AT WE CRE AT E A S
WELL.
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T HE F IRS T T WO
(B EC AU SE O F HIS WILL A ND B Y HIS WILL) H A VET
OD
O WIT
H HOW WE A RE CRE AT ED
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T HE L A S T IS T HE WH AT WE A RE CRE AT ED F OR:
A ND F OR T HYPLE A S U RE T HEY
ARE CRE
ATE
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