The last two weeks, we have talked about a couple different aspects of purpose. God has a purpose for our life, all of our lives! His purpose is different for each person, not in terms of what they do, but how they accomplish it.
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God’s goal for us is to affect other people with the gospel of Christ, and disciple them as new believers, but how we accomplish that purpose may differ greatly from person to person.
Life can distract us from that goal. This happens, or something else, and the next thing you know, we are focused on our own goals. Or, maybe we had some crisis take place. It consumes our time and our focus. We intend to get back to God’s business for our lives, but somehow it just never happens.
In the second sermon, we talked about “knowing God” as it relates to our purpose in life.
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If you are going to have any chance of accomplishing God’s will for your life. Then you are going to have to get to know God! Getting to know God involves communication.
Some people feel as though God doesn’t communicate with them. They feel like he never speaks to them, but that is probably not true!
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The Bible is a history of God speaking to different people! He interrupts their life and sets a new course or direction for their life and how they responded is the stuff that legends are made of! Noah comes to mind, Abraham, Gideon, just to name a few.
Jesus did the same thing in the New Testament. He walked by the disciples and called them into a life of service, and they did the unthinkable. They dropped their nets, abandoned the lifelong pursuits and followed Jesus!
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I’d find it more surprising if you said Jesus hadn’t spoken to you than if you said Jesus did speak to you! Of course, Jesus has spoken to you! He speaks to everyone in some way or another.
What has Jesus said to you in the past? Is he speaking to you right now? What is he saying?
Do you have the courage to obey his voice?
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In the next sermon in this series, we are going to address another subject. Does God want to be your friend? Does he really want a relationship with you?
I’ll go ahead and let the cat out of the bag. Yes! God does want to be your friend! Even more than that, he wants you to be family! So, does Jesus!
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Is there any reason you would turn down an invitation to be a child of God? There isn’t a good reason to do that, and besides, he only wants to do good in your life!
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He told Jeremiah, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29.11