You Were Born For A Purpose!

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You Were Born For A Purpose!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted."

    
      Have you asked yourself, "What am I here for? What is the purpose of me being here?" I'm talking about being on this earth, do you know "why" you were born in the first place? Personally, each one of you reading this now or listening to this on video. You are here for a purpose!

     I am writing this to expose the lie of the enemy that we are just here to go to school, to grow up to get a "job" and then retire and die. I mean really, is that the only thing we were born for? A job to make a paycheck and then die? That sounds so empty and meaningless, doesn't it? From the time we are young and growing up we are taught to go to school and go to college to get a career so you can get a good job when you are older, retire and that's it as if that is all there is to this life. That's a Lie! Listen to this parable of Jesus talking about a man who put more focus on temporary riches than eternal riches. 

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     Jesus tells us in Luke 12:16-21 "And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully (good crops). 17. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because I have no room to bestow my fruits. 18. And he said This will I do; I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19. And I will say to my soul, Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry. 20. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee, then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? 21. So is he that 'lays (saves) up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God." That is pretty scary! This man believed the lie that all his life was about was having more stuff and a bigger place and then retiring. He chose to spend his time on temporary riches. Jesus called him a fool because he was not rich toward God. This man thought only about temporary riches and didn't focus on eternity concerning where his soul was going to live forever and ever! How sad! There are far too many people who share this one's fate and are in Hell today! 

     You may say that the man in that parable must have been a "good" man because he worked hard to be rich, but Jesus said, He laid up treasures for "himself". He was rich toward "himself" and not rich toward "God". See, we are all created for God's pleasure, not our own. John says in Revelation 4:11, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure, they are and were created." 

    

      If you are reading this today, there is hope for you! You do not have to suffer as others who believed they were their own God. Who thought because they were rich in material things that they had everything they needed. They didn't need God, or a Saviour. You have hope that is reaching out to you right now to help you see you are here for a purpose! You know you could have and should have been gone from this earth many times. and if you died without a relationship with Jesus you would have gone to Hell. But It was God that kept you here to give you another chance to choose to love and serve him. He wants you to really enjoy your so-called "retirement", but there will be no joy in your heart without him. Don't be foolish to even think that you could rest, eat, drink and be merry (like the guy in that parable), without the God who created you! We are all born with an emptiness in our hearts until we invite Jesus to come in. Nothing or no one at all can fill that void in our hearts but Jesus!
   
     Whether you are monetarily rich or poor, when you are living your life without acknowledging God and you are living for your "self", you are missing out on the true riches God planned on you to receive. Jeremiah 29;11-13 goes for us today as well. He says, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you 'an expected end (hope in your latter end). 12. Then shall ye call upon me, and I will hearken unto you. 13. And ye shall seek me, and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart." 

 

     In Conclusion- This World System and those who are caught up in it, have lied to us, making us believe our "job" defines who we are! People will make you feel like you are nothing if you do not have a "job" or money. People say You have to have a "job" to survive, to earn your way through this world system. And Dear Lord help those who do not have a "job" because people will make you feel like you are nothing if you do not have lots of money! That is all this world is about! However, I am here to tell you, You Are Valuable! You Are Precious and Priceless if you only have two pennies in your pocket right now! You are Valuable! You are worth dying for! That's what Jesus has shown you on the cross! He died for you! That is how special you are! He knows everything about you and he loves you! He knows the very number of hairs on your head. He knew you in your Mother's womb. You are here on this earth for more than just a "job". You have a Purpose and a Calling! There is a big difference! God created you for a reason! I am not telling you to quit your job but I am saying to if you don't know Jesus, to really take time to get to know him. Give him your life and follow him. He will give you direction. Proverbs 3:5,6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (read more below).

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     God told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." Before he formed you in the belly he knew you! He already has plans for you. God has given you gifts and talents. It is up to you to choose what you are going to do with your life. Give it to Jesus and let Him use you for His Glory, or continue to live for your "self". Choose wisely because we all will give an account to him when we leave this earth. Choose to follow Jesus and you will know your purpose. He will lead you to Heaven when your time on earth is up.