Unlock Your Identity A 90 Day Devotional: Discover Who You Are and Fulfill Your Destiny

by T.D. Jakes

CONSIDER IT for a moment. What happens when we believe that our best days and greater victories are behind us, not before us? We cease pushing forward, for we see no potential in forward momentum. That’s the danger of believing that purpose is fulfilled in an event or a landmark moment. There is far more to your purpose on earth than one breakthrough or miracle, no matter how spectacular or significant it appears to be.

You know how a puzzle piece has missing ends and edges, purposed to be complemented by a corresponding piece? In the same way, your breakthrough has missing portions. Whatever it is—a breakthrough, a blessing, a miracle, a victory, a promotion, an increase—God’s purpose is higher and bigger. One event is merely one piece of your puzzle of purpose. One victory helps complete the puzzle, but is inadequate to masquerade as the entire image.

into the flow of something that was going on before you stepped onto the scene—and will continue when you are gone. He is the God who pours out His Spirit on descendants and offspring.

serving a purpose is the call to lay everything at the feet of Jesus and say, “I’m in the King’s service.”

inappropriate focus on humanity, and (2) hindering the generational continuance of God’s purposes. When we take our eyes off the multigenerational nature of our purpose, we can mislead ourselves into believing that we are solely responsible for bringing our purpose to pass. This is both overwhelming and arrogance producing. It’s overwhelming to

Each person is interconnected pieces with other generations. When someone is divorced from the rightful place in the unfolding of a purpose, the person becomes elevated beyond appropriateness. The piece ends up receiving perverted

and simply served his uniquely assigned moment in history. Result? King David’s life continued a momentum that ultimately birthed the

In the same way, the God of Elijah has marked you with purpose. He has fashioned you for destiny. You’re not a cosmic accident; you are the intricate handiwork of the God of Purpose. You have been placed in this moment, at this hour, in this season of history to fulfill your purpose in your generation.

If you are a child of God, you carry the power of God—and that supernatural power awakens potential. You carry this power, and at any moment this same power can collide with you and unlock possibilities that your mind cannot even fathom. All it takes is a single moment. One encounter. A single meeting.

We can’t go through life waiting to be appreciated before we do the right thing.

say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”

He’s waiting for the ones who will sow into the Spirit and reap for themselves transformed minds, healed emotions, and God-ward wills.

Faithfulness and integrity are key qualities to promotion through exposure.