UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE AND DESTINY 1

That the purpose {setting forth, proposal or intention} of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls you. Romans 9:11.

In whom we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined {pre-destiny} according to the purpose of him whom works all things after the counsel of his own will. Eph. 1:11.

Beloved, persons, places, and things may all be defined with a distinct given purpose. Television, clothes, shoes, books, tables, and exterior homes all have purpose, but no destiny. The electricity in your garage has purpose, but no destiny. The bill you have to pay is given with a purpose, but no destiny. Instead, whomever the Lord places HIS breath of life into has both purpose and destiny. That is the difference between a thing that is merely purposed, versus someone that is born and destined to be. Even unbelievers have a divinely given purpose and destiny, as it is not confined to being members of the body of Christ.

In the principles of purpose and destiny, bear in mind that destiny demands fulfillment, and purpose expression. Both are the two-witness principle, as life is not about purpose alone. Both are essential for the fulfillment of what you were created for. For purpose without destiny is like having no real life at all. It’s like being on earth illegally. Therefore, we must define life from a sense of destiny, by God's purpose and design for our life, fulfillment, and the completion of God’s eternal purpose. We are to consider chiefly that God has a purpose in each of us to be fulfilled, for we are purposed and perfected with a purpose, and destined and designed with destiny.

When discussing purpose and destiny, people sometimes relate to the exclusive meaning of "their purpose and their destiny." However, we must return to the principle of the "Law of Circularity" that we came from the Father and shall return unto him.

UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE AND DESTINY 2

The heavenly Father created us first with His intentions, and not our own?

1. That is where many remain, wanting alone their purpose fulfilled without the significant importance of what the Father has created us for in the first place. For after we shout "Know your purpose," have we considered that we were created for His pleasure and delight? You can’t know your purpose without a revelation of Christ’s purpose!

Our purpose is centered and rooted in Christ, and Christ reveals to each of us HIS eternal purpose for our very lives...

Have we taken into consideration that our destiny comes from the true meaning of what the Father has eternally purposed us for? According to Eph. 1:18, do we realize that our purpose is centered and ordained in the SON? Or are we so self-driven with our own ambition to fulfil our own expectation and desires?

With the many questions to be answered consider this that purpose teaching alone will not take you into destiny. Seminars that emphasized purpose without destiny is not enough to stir or fan the flames of your passion for divine fulfilment! Having our heads full of concepts and ideas of knowing our purpose apart from the apostolic & mandated position of seizing and fulfilling destiny won’t put the icing on the cake, either. For our purpose cries, destiny!

Without going into a list of definitions for purpose and destiny, let us turn our attention to the true meaning and the spirit thereof. Eph. 1:17-18.

There is a cry from within humanity to fulfil their allotted purpose, their predetermined portion, the infinite counsel of the Lord. There is travail within the sons of men to arise in the spirit of completion and purpose, to perceive, conceive, and achieve what their illuminated spirit would believe.

There is a deep hunger and excitement to win, seize the moment, to vanquish beyond, and to gain a decisive victory.

God be with you in Jesus name