Your purpose is no straightforward journey, and just because you have discovered your purpose does not mean your road will be smooth. Perhaps this is a title you were not expecting to read this morning. If you read through you will understand why I say this.
‘When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through the fire, you will not be burnt; the hard trials that come will not hurt you. ‘ Isaiah 43:2 GNB.
Our study text tells us this. There will be deep waters, fires, and hard trials. Things could get a little more challenging because of your commitment to serve in God`s kingdom and the enemy will do whatever he can to veer you off the road.
If theirs wasn’t then your purpose is no straightforward journey too
Not even Jesus’ calling was a walk in the park. There was a death decree from the day Jesus was born. Then talk about rejection, betrayal, and men out to kill you because you are everything that they have been waiting for but now that you are here they accuse you of being a fraud.
Think of Abraham who God called and told to move away from his family and everything else that was familiar and move to a place God was going to show him. We are not told of any other conversation between God and Abraham until 10 years. What about Moses? After he stepped into his purpose, struggled with self-doubt when God asked him to go back where men were out to kill him.
David was a man after God’s own heart. After God had called him, another anointed man of God pursued him to try and kill him and he even pretended to be insane. Or maybe Paul can seal this conversation from his experience.
Moving from the persecutor to the persecuted to work side by side with his former enemy, God. Then further tortured and spent time behind bars. So today as you go through what doesn’t seem to align with ‘what God said about your calling, remember these men of great faith.
God did not promise them a smooth path, and rest assured He doesn’t promise us that either. Instead, what’s sure is that He is right there with us. God has not forsaken you one bit. However, things may look today, whether where you are was intentional or unintentional, God is working out His purpose for your life. You are exactly where you need to be.
Here’s a book that can help you discover your purpose and enjoy a fulfilled life, it’s called knowing your inner man, as in the real you whom God has purposed for a great destiny.
