PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE DAY 2: YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT

HEY LADIES AND GENTS....DAY 2 (WIPES FOREHEAD) SO, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? HOW WAS DAY ONE? THE FIRST WEEK IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT, BUT TAKE HEART GOD IS WATCHING AND WILL REWARD YOUR EFFORTS IN ABUNDANCE.

SO TODAY'S TOPIC--- "YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT"

THIS IS MY SECOND GO ROUND WITH THIS BOOK AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THIS CHAPTER IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES...WHY?

BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME THAT THE "FLAWS" I BELIEVE I HAVE WERE ACTUALLY PUT THERE BY GOD HIMSELF AND ADD TO MY INDIVIDUALITY, UNIQUENESS, SASSYNESS, FABULOSITY (LOL) ... AFTER ALL, HE MAKES NO MISTAKES. AS HUMANS, WE QUESTION OUR REALITY, HOME ENVIRONMENT, OUR PARENTS, SIBLINGS, UPBRINGING, UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCES AND/OR SITUATIONS WE FIND OURSELVES IN BUT IN ACTUALITY NONE OF IT IS BY CHANCE OR MISTAKE. THE WAY WE REACT DETERMINES WHETHER IT WILL PROSPER OR HINDER US...EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THAT LOVE THE LORD.

TAKE AWAY POINTS:

1. CUSTOM-MADE---> YES, YES, YES HONEY...GOD CREATED YOU WITH SUCH PRECISION, PURPOSE AND LOVE IN MIND. NOTHING ON YOU OR IN YOU... IS BY CHANCE. YOUR SKIN COLOR, HEIGHT, EYE COLOR, FOREHEAD SIZE (LOL),  YOUR PERCEIVED IMPERFECTIONS ARE ALL DESIGNED BY HIM. WE MAY THINK "OMG" MY PARENTS ARE SO INCOMPATIBLE, MY FATHER IS ABSENT IN MY LIFE, THIS OR THAT HAS HAPPENED...BUT DESPITE YOUR PARENTAL IMPERFECTIONS OR UPBRINGING, GOD KNEW THAT YOUR MOM AND POP'S DNA WAS NEEDED TO CREATE THE PERFECT CREATION...YOU!!! 


2."MADE FOR A REASON" WE ALL HAVE A SPECIFIC DURATION TO LIVE ON EARTH AS PREDETERMINED BY THE CREATOR HIMSELF. BEFORE YOU WERE CONCEIVED, YOUR EXACT DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH HAD ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. LOOK... THE IDEA I AM TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED TO OCCUPY THIS LAND BEFORE OUR FATHER CALLS US HOME. YOU HAVE DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT TO "LIVE" OR "EXIST"...TO LIVE WE MUST FIND OUR PURPOSE AND EXECUTE IT DAILY. TO EXIST...WE SETTLE FOR WHATEVER WE CAN GET WHICH GIVES NO JOY, LOVE, PEACE AND DEFINITELY NOT PLEASING TO GOD. 

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POINT TO PONDER: I AM NOT AN ACCIDENT.

VERSE TO REMEMBER:  THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS-- HE WHO MADE YOU, WHO FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB , AND WHO WILL HELP YOU (ISAIAH 44: 2 A; NIV) 

QUESTION TO CONSIDER: I KNOW THAT GOD UNIQUELY CREATED ME. WHAT AREAS OF MY PERSONALITY, BACKGROUND, AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AM I STRUGGLING WITH?    

PURPOSE DRIVEN DAY 1: IT ALL STARTS WITH GOD

HEY LADIES AND GENTS:

I HOPE THIS REACHES YOU! HOW DID DAY ONE GO, THIS PERSONAL PURSUIT OF PURPOSE AND FASTING PROCESS IS NOT AN EASY TASK, BUT STAY THE COURSE. IT WILL BE REWARDING...:)

ITS NOT ABOUT US! (point to ponder) WHEN IT COMES TO OUR INDIVIDUAL AND UNIQUE PURPOSES, IT IS NOT UP TO US TO DECIDE. GOD CREATED EACH AND EVERY PERSON AND DECIDED BEFORE OUR EARTHLY EXISTENCE HOW HE WANTED TO USE US TO FULFILL "HIS PURPOSE."

IN SEARCH FOR "HIS PURPOSE", WE OFTEN START BY SEARCHING OUR SELVES. WRONG STARTING POINT...ACTUALLY, WE ARE SUPPOSE TO LOOK/TALK TO HIM BECAUSE AS THE CREATOR, HE INDEED KNOWS THE REASON BEHIND HIS CREATION.

TAKE AWAY POINTS FROM TODAY'S READING:

1. "You were made by God and for God."  He is your creator, so He knows you better than you could ever possibly know yourself. Moreover, your strengths, weakness, failures, successes, talents, passions, work ethic, level of discipline, personality is not new to Him. So all those factors were acknowledged and considered when God made you and outlined your life and existence for a particular purpose.

2. "Being Successful and Fulfilling Your Life's Purpose is not the same issue." We can achieve the highest of success according to Earthly standards, but still fail to achieve God's purpose. Earthly Success is measured by the numerous amount awards, accolades, monetary compensation etc. However, heavenly success is measured by identifying and fulfilling the purpose designed for you. After all, there have been many "successful people" who have died with purpose still within them. 

3. "How, then do you discover the purpose you were created for?"  ASK GOD DAILY.  SEARCH THE BIBLE DAILY. MOREOVER, SEEK HIM, THE CREATOR AND ANSWERS WILL COME. Honestly, God will show you maybe not all at once but as His own discretion. We are all at different levels of this thing called "LIFE," so His timing is the best. He speaks us to through in various means...nothing is ever by mistake. He uses people, dreams, situations to show us the way...Watch, Listen and pay attention for those opportunities. 

My Thoughts with Love,

Steph