How To Understand Your LifePurpose{Anexcerpt from the boo...

How To Understand Your LifePurpose{Anexcerpt from the book: "HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR DIVINE DESTINY and TOTALBREAKTHROUGHS" by Moses A. Ojute}  http://goo.gl/9FFY6 Chapter 1: The Mystery ofDestinyYou and I must ever be grateful to God for creating us todwell on the earth that He framed into being through His Word. God’s Word says:Ps 24:1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; theworld, and they that dwell therein.God created man after he spoke into being all the things that will make life comfortable forhim. Let’s examine God’s utterance that made man to evolve onearth.Gen 1:26Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let themrule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock,over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So, God proceeded and created man in his own image, gave himdominion and blessed him.God blessed them and said to them:Gen 1:28Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth andsubdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and overevery living creature that moves on the ground.When God formed man He provided everything that man needed tosurvive.Gen 2:8-9Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;and there he put the man he had formed. And the LORD God made all kinds oftrees grow out of the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye and good forfood.The evidence of God’s providence for man is also confirmed inthe scripture below:Gen 2:10-12Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and fromthere it parted and became four riverheads. The name of the first is Pishon; itis the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.  And the gold of that land is good. Bdelliumand the onyx stone are there.“The gold of that land is good” So God planned that we shouldenjoy the fullness of His glory, lacking nothing. God’s plan was for us to workwith ease. It is not His plan that human being should live on jobs. He createdeach of us for a specific task, which he intended each person to do with easeand little labour. Gen 2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Gardenof Eden to dress it and to keep it.This scripture tells us that God placed Adam and Eve in theGarden of Eden for the purpose of simply dressing and keeping the garden. Thisimplies that there is a task God wants each person to carry out or handle onearth. God predetermined a need in your generation and He has designed youaccurately to meet that need. Frankly speaking, only you can handle the assignment God hascreated you to fulfill, as your own part of His universal destiny.  Despite this perfect plan of God that we should enjoy our stayon earth, the first sin crept in. This sin was passed on to you and I, andneeded redress. Hear it yourself:Rom 3:23For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GodWhen Serpent made Adam and Eve to fall short of the glory ofGod, God drove them out of the Garden of Eden, and change their living status.Gen 2:7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, andbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Gen 3:23Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the Garden of Edento till the ground from which he was taken.Two things happened to Adam and Eve at this stage of theirlives. Firstly, they were removed from the environment that they understood,which was specially designed for them to receive God’s will on earth as it isin heaven – The life of comfort, success and fruitfulness. Secondly, Godreduced them to a living synonymous to carnivorous, that is, a life of tillingthe ground from which they were taken. Man tilling the ground from which he was taken is equivalentto, you and I, destroying or inflicting injury on our own bodies before we eatdaily. I am convinced; you know the great pain you will feel if you cut yourskin with razor repeatedly! I see living on jobs as consequence of Adam’s sin and theresultant effect of being thrown out of God’s radar.Now compare the work God planned for man originally: “Dressinga garden and keeping it” to  “Tillingthe ground from where he was taken”In your Secondary School days, or elsewhere, you must haveseen a Gardener. You discover that Gardeners never do any tedious job. Theywork with ease.  You hardly see agardener work under the sun. He may not even sweat while working, because hedoes not work under duress. He chooses when to do his work. The whole of hiswork is trimming of flowers or cutting of grasses, selectively, at his chosentime and discretion.You dare not compare his kind of work to that of a farmer or atree feller in the bush or a wheelbarrow pusher in a third world country homemarket.What am I saying? I mean Gods intention was not for us tosuffer or labour hard before we get our daily bread. God created food to dependon us, not we depend on food. What about that age-long mystery? It may please you to knowthat a mystery occurred when Adam and Eve left Eden, which continued to troubleman till today. When Adam and Eve were relieved of their original work ofdressing the garden and keeping it – their divine assignment and mission onearth, they were taking off balance. Consequently, their names were no longerfound in the employment list of God and the devil decided to enlist them in theworld labour market. In this state, they had to depend on their head, faultythoughts, and satanic leading for survival. And the best Satan could offer themwas job instead of work. This is how the whole world came about the term jobinstead of work. Have you ever found the word job in the Holy Bible? The word'job' with respect to means of living is an orchestration of the devil. I define Job as what the world system provide for you as ameans of living. WORK is your divine assignment or mission on earth channeledtowards your path of destiny. Your work is what God gives you to catapult youinto satisfaction, fulfillment, wealth, and inner peace. In summary, it placesyou on a life of significance.When you discover and do what God made you to do on earth, youare said to be 'working', and heaven will begin to testify daily about you, asit testified about Jesus at his baptism in Jordan, and at the mount oftransfiguration.Matt 3:17And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "Thisis My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Matt 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloudovershadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying,"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"When you do the work God made you for, God will not only bepleased with you, He will make you an authority in that field. People willgather around you because their needs are met. They will marvel at your wisdomand your gifting. You will have extra strength and peace in your spirit. But when you live on jobs, it will result in you living fromhand to mouth, lack of steady employment, lack of inner peace, and instability inyour matrimonial capital base. Hello! You may be wealthy but not really successful. This isbecause you are in the wrong place of your divine assignment. What does thatmean? If you have money, wealth, possession or prestige outside the work Godpredestined you to do on earth, you will lack fulfillment, satisfaction,significance and inner peace. Simply put:Success is doing what God made you to do! It is evident by inner peace and passion.Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds nosorrow with it. Destiny In ChristAs a result of unlimited and ever increasing compassion ofGod, and His tender mercies, which are over all His works, He sent His onlybegotten son to redeem us to Him. Rom 3:23-24Being justified freely by His grace through the redemptionthat is in Christ JesusEph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, theforgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.Through the blood of Jesus, you have the grace to recoverwhatever you have lost as a result of the sudden evacuation of Adam and Evefrom the Garden of Eden. Eph 1:11In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, beingpredestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according tothe counsel of His will.Jesus is the only way. Through His light, you can navigateyourself into your designed purpose in life. Now let us consider these twoscriptures:John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begottenSon, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  1 John 3:16By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us.And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.God loved us. You and I were off His radar for a long time. InHis infinite mercy He sent His son with great risk to die for our sins so as tobring us back to Him. He expects us to show appreciation too by laying down ourlives. For who? - Those whom He has destined us to serve through our niche inour life journey, also through our giving attitude, in the worship of God.Giving is serving, and serving is giving. This is termed servant leadership. This is explained further below.Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ writing to the Holy andfaithful brothers in Christ at Colosse said:Col 4:17(KJV)And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thouhast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.Col 4:17 (NIV)Tell Archippus: "See to it that you complete the workyou have received in the Lord." There is a pre-determined work or assignment God has given toyou and spoken into your life to fulfill while on earth. He has also mandatedyou to accomplish this task with all vigour. You have your own part of theentire destiny in Christ Jesus to fulfill during your short time of sojourn onearth. Jesus was very conscious of his destiny, His purpose, divineassignment and mission while on earth. He was so committed to fulfilling Hispurpose that He refused to allow anyone, no matter how close to Him, to standbetween Him and His destiny. Remember, He rebuked Peter who was His closestassociate:In the book of Mark 8:33, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying,"Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, butthe things of men." Jesus came to die for mankind and redeem man to hisCreator.  Jesus’ commitment to His   work is buttressed by His submission toworking even on Sabbath day. The world calls this overtime. But Jesus was noteven on salary. Little wonder, Apostle Paul said he worked night and day. I am not saying that you should use the time for churchservice for other things on Sunday. I am only telling you how committed Jesuswas in fulfilling His destiny on earth. Of course, Jesus made us to understandthat there is nothing wrong in using Sunday in other way, as long as it is tothe glory of God – Healing on the Sabbath day glorifies God. So He used it inthat way. Now, hear master Jesus:John 4:34"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will ofhim who sent me and to finish his work.John 9:4-5I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day;the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I amthe light of the world." Your food should be in your divine assignment, not on thatnasty thing called job. Locate Where YouBelong And Give It All You’ve Got
 So, what next? You locate where you belong: your niche, your bestfit in life, and give it all you’ve got, that’s all. Jesus has given you thelight to work with and you must make haste while the sun shine. Again, Jesus was so committed to fulfilling His divineassignment that he broke protocol. He knew God would blame Him if He refused toheal those who needed healing on Sabbath days. So He chose to please God ratherthan please men or better still, the Sadducees, Pharisees and the Scribes. Hebroke the Jewish tradition. He showed believers plainly that the Sabbath daycan be used in a spiritually led way, to the glory of God provided it is notfor personal gain. I read a book, in which the author said that when the prophetsof old are at the point of delivering God’s message, the Spirit torment them insuch a way that they manifest momentary madness. I mean, the Spirit exact astrange force on them, that, their behaviour and character would fit perfectlyinto that of a mad man.Wake up! Your passion must surpass that of Christ whom you aremodelling. Be obsessive to your passion.Furthermore, the proposition that you will make heaven dependslargely on your fruitfulness towards God on earth. God, in His own heart, hastied your accruing fruitfulness to your Work or assignment on earth, not yourjob, career, profession, which are usually, selfishly stomach driven. This isthe life of serving and giving which He has equipped you adequately for:Heb 12:2Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Sprit is ready topilot you to fulfill your assignment on earth so that later, in the life tocome, you will say: Heaven here I come.What Did Christ Say Unto You?Jesus told his disciples that the Holy Ghost would teach themall things and bring all things to their remembrance, whatsoever He has saidunto them. John 14:26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Fatherwill send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things toyour remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.In this context, what Jesus was referring to was what He hasspoken into their life before they were created into this obnoxious world.Here, I am talking about speaking forth and foundations. Which foundations?Foundation of the world and your own foundation too, I mean your world as anindividual.Here again, I am referring to you being foreknown and yourfuture being predetermined. The Bible says Christ is the Word and the Wordexisted even before man was created. To be candid, John reported that all things were made by Him.So Christ knows all the details about your destiny. John 1:1-4In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things weremade by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him waslife; and the life was the light of men.Paul said in the book of Ephesians that God has chosen us inhim before the foundation of the world. Eph 1:4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundationof the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:If you believe that Jesus Christ was foreordained before thefoundation of the world, then, you too was planned and designed for a purposeand unique assignment. Your destiny cap can only fit you perfectly and no one else inthe world running into billions of people. You are a perfect engine moreglorious that aggregate of terrestrial machines put together. Jesus existed at the time of creation of the universe; He onlycame into the world to manifest in the flesh form for the purpose ofredemption.1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of theworld, but was manifest in these last times for you.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and webeheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full ofgrace and truth.John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, bewith me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. A Vision On How YouCame Into This World
Before your Creator introducedyou into this world and the generation that you are part of now, an event tookplace that you were not conscious of. It occurred in your nonexistence.Beloved, if you will agree with me, the spirit that gave birthto your being was without nomenclature. This means that, the spirit had nobearing to you at that point in question. Simply put, that spirit wasundefined.Now, there is what I call ‘Divine Summoning’. Through divinesummoning, God summoned a spirit to the midst of those with him, with thepurpose of handling a task in a specific generation on earth. They needed tospeak this divine task into the summoned spirit. Now just like what happened inrevelation chapter five, as revealed to John, none of those fellowshipping withGod at that point in time was capable of speaking to, or sending forth thatspirit on the assignment except our Lord Jesus Christ.Rev 5:1-7And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne ascroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw astrong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open thescroll and to loose its seals?" And no one in heaven or on the earth orunder the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. So I wept much,because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of thetribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and toloose its seven seals." And I looked, and behold, in the midst of thethrone and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stooda Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, whichare the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Then He came and tookthe scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. Here, in the book of Revelation, It was said that there was nocompetent person to open the scroll that was sealed with seven seals, until aLamb that seems slain appeared and volunteered, took the scroll, and began toopen the seals one after the other.In like manner, our Lord Jesus Christ volunteered and spoke'you' into the spirit that became you. The you in quote are your destiny andassignment. Jesus told that spirit the unique task he would be coming to theworld to do. Jesus enumerated all that the spirit must accomplish on earthbefore returning home. Do you know what Jesus said to the spirit? Jesus must havesaid:We are sending you to generation X in planet earth, to solveproblem Y.  We have shaped you, modeledyour make –up and equipped you to handle this problem effectively andtactically with ease. Furthermore, these are the details you need to accomplishthe simplified task... You must make sure you complete the task in the set timewe would allow you to stay there. Failure to complete the assignment means thatyou will no longer be part of us. We have designed your DNA and packaged youappropriately to fulfill this divine assignment. Whether you succeed or youfail, it will be your fault. Receive grace. Receive something for nothing. Receive unmerited favour. Receive Godriches at Christ expense.  Now, I chargeyou, Go! Go!!  Go!!!  to the world and affect your generation.So after Jesus Christ has spoken to the spirit, which beforethen was just a certain spirit, its divine assignment and destiny, God thencommanded the spirit to enter into a mass of clay molded in human form. Thenthis assigned spirit began to cohabit with a body and a soul, which becamehuman being. By God’s sovereignty, God now chose a womb for the development ofthe organism planned to be introduced into the world, as a little child, aftera period of nine months. That's your foundation. Forgotten Assignment
Did it ever happen to you as alittle child probably in the ghetto, that your father, mother or guardian sentyou to deliver a message to somebody, but before you reach the recipient, youcould no longer remember the message? This is the scenario with all menconcerning their destiny. Because of the absence of the soul - the cerebrum, cerebellumand medulla oblongata, when Jesus rolled out the unique assignment to theSpirit, the resulting human being had no knowledge or consciousness of whathappened to his Spirit ahead of time. So you see why your body, soul and spirithave no knowledge of your divine destiny or life purpose. Therefore everything pertaining to your destiny, mission andlife purpose became a mystery or unknown. Hence Jesus often makes reference tothe need for believers to understand mystery, when he was on earth. Destiny is different from purpose. Destiny is restricted tohuman usage and is end pertinent, purpose is not. So I prefer the word destinyrather than purpose, for purpose may not have future ambition andaccomplishment. Mark 4:11-12And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know themystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these thingsare done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearingthey may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted,and their sins should be forgiven them. Transfer Of Baton
The only person that bearsrecord of your destiny on earth is Jesus Christ, but He ascended to heaven overtwo thousand years ago. However, darling Jesus said you should not bother aboutHis absence in this world; He therefore assigned a colleague of His - theComforter, called the Holy Spirit, to reveal to you every detail concerningyour destiny. John 14:26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Fatherwill send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things toyour remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.Jesus Christ sees you, as king and priest, and he want you toreign as leader in your best -fit- in -life.Rev 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and weshall reign on the earth.Christ has given you all spiritual blessings, but He attachedtheir manifestation to your divine assignment. Below are the seven key thingsyou stand to receive when you discover your destiny and walk on the path offulfilling that purpose:Rev 5:12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slainto receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,and blessing.
An excerpt fro my best-selling book: "How to discoveryour divine destiny and total breakthroughs" (Pages 1-34 out of 200pages).Available as eBook on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Discover-Divine-Destiny-Breakthroughs-ebook/dp/B00CM0ZMFOYour comments, contributions and inquiries as to helping youto discover your destiny or life purpose are welcome.