Colossians 1:16
 ‘For everything absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible …everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.’

 

Dear ones, it’s not about you.  The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.  Its is far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions.  If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose. The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousand of years.  That is because we typically begin at the wrong starting point – OURSELVES.  We ask self-centered questions like what do I want to be?  What should I do with my life?  What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future?  But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.  The Bible says ‘It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone’s life is in his power.’  (Job 12:10).

 

Many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won’t discover your life’s meaning by looking within yourself.  You have probably tried that already.  You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for!  If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you would not know its purpose, and the invention itself would not be able to tell you either.  Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal its purpose.

 

The same way, you cannot arrive at your life’s purpose by starting with a focus on yourself.  You must begin with God, your Creator.  You exist only because God wills that you exist.  You were made by God and for God – and until you understand that, life will never make sense.  It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny.  Every other path leads to a dead end.

 

Prayer :
 Dear God, thank you for creating me on this planet for your purpose.  Let me not ask any self-centered questions what I want to be or about my goals, my ambitions, my dreams, but let me focus on you as my Creator.  Bless me with your understanding that you have a purpose in my life and use me Loving Father only for your purpose in my life.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.