DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE

PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS Series 4

DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE

No two persons have the same purpose for living. Your purpose is unique because you're unique. No other person is exactly like you. There never has been and never will be anybody exactly like you. So, your purpose is uniquely yours. Your purpose may be attached to another person's, but hey are never the same.

Every human being was created with a unique mold. It has been said that the Creator destroyed the mold after creating every human being. That's only an emphasis on the fact that the same mold was never used to create two persons.

Plants and animals were mass-produced. Man was made unique. The Creator said, "Let there be animals" and there were different species of animals - mass production. He said, "Let there be plants" and many plants came into being. That was mass production. But when he wanted to create man, the Creator took his time to make a unique man and then a unique woman.This is because every person was made to accomplish a unique purpose.

So then, you're unique and your purpose is unique. you can't find your purpose by looking at others. It's not out there, so stop looking at others. It's not in them. It's in you. Your purpose is inbuilt. Look inward. There lies what you were created to accomplish.

The purpose of a manufactured thing is both inbuilt and documented. As intelligent being, we can find our purpose by looking inward where it is located or looking upward where it is documented. Looking upward, you can find your purpose through revelation. Looking inward, you can discover your purpose through observation.

You can discover your purpose through these two broad ways: revelation and observation. The Creator can tell show you your purpose if you look up to him. You can also discover your purpose by observation if you look inward.

Again, nobody can tell you your specific purpose. I can't. But I can help you discover it. When  he made you, the Creator deposited in you some functions you can use to discover your purpose. Manufacturers put functions in their products to allow you trouble shoot so you can understand the products better. Your Creator put in you some functions to help you discover you and solve problems that may arise while operating your life.

I'm going to analyze those functions for you. It will then be your duty to observe as your life operates those functions and see how they express your unique purpose.

1. Personality. We are different persons. Our different personalities make us individuals. Some people are extroverts while others are introverts. Some are reserved while others are outgoing. Some persons are good thinkers while others are good feelers. In between these two extremes are various shades of personality, as many as the number of persons living. This is a reason you needn't envy anybody. You need not coy anybody. Be you, because you were made to be different.

There are no good or bad personalities. All personality types are necessary to make the world a great place. There are varieties of personality because variety spiced up life.

Scientists say no two genes are alike. You are genetically unique. That's why your fingerprint is unique. It's foolishness trying to be like others. While you can copy someone else's method of doing things, it would be futile trying to be like them. If  you try to be whom you are not, you'll end up a frustrated copy.

Know your personality and be the person you were created to be. If your personality trait is talking, don't try to copy a person who is reticent. You were made a talker in line with your purpose. If you're reserved by nature, then your purpose is in that line. Whatever your personality, it is a blessing. Your Creator gave you that personality to help you accomplish purpose.

2. Passion. Passion in this context includes desires, interests, and affections - what you like thinking about, hearing about, talking about, and what you love doing. Your passion is what's in your heart, what your heart goes after.

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The subject your heart goes after is your treasure, a pointer to your specific purpose. Your purpose is in your heart. What your heart tells you is likely to be your specific purpose in life. Listen to your heart.

3. Potential. Potential includes all forms of personal abilities, talents and gifts. You can discover your purpose by discovering your gifts. Your gift is what you're good at doing. You do it without struggling. People are blessed when you do it. What you do well will lift you in life. 

A wise man says, "A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men." Your gift will do two things for you. One, it will make room for you. Your gift will make unique way for you to express yourself. You need not run in another person's track. You need not do what others are doing.. Your gift makes you unique.

Your gift is an expression of your unique purpose. Your purpose has a good chance of expression when you use your gift. Your gift is an essential tool for fulfilling your purpose. Use it always.

It has been said that an average person possesses between 500 and 700 abilities. The abilities you carry are strong indication of what the Creator wants you to do with your life. You're gifted to accomplish purpose. Your height, color, intelligence and talents - all are packaged to help you accomplish purpose.

You need not envy persons who have what you don't have. You don't have it because you don't need it. If you think a little you'll see that those persons don't have what you have. By the way, one gift is enough for anyone to accomplish purpose.

The second thing gift will do for you is that it will bring you before great people. Your gift has the capacity to lift you to the topmost top. Your gift is a pearl of great price. It will turn you into an essential person in great demand. Your gift will make great people look for you.Many people join the rat race looking for greatness, not knowing that greatness is on the inside of them. 

Greatness does not come through certification, but through the use of personal talents. While education can help you discover and maximize your gift, it's the use of your gift that will make you great in life.

4. Personal Experience. Life experiences are also pointers to what a person is created accomplish on earth. Sit down and flashback. Recall the trend of your life. See how your experiences have shaped your life from the time you were old enough to understand. You could glean from your experiences your specific purpose in life.

• What you learned while growing up in your family could be useful in discovering your purpose.
• Your favorite subjects in school could help too.
• The jobs, projects, and businesses you've been most effective doing show the inclination of your gift and passion, and therefore your specific purpose.
• Your relationship with your Maker, your experience in worship, and commitment to his cause can lead you to his purpose for your life.
• Also, the unique way you love to serve people can be a good indicator of your purpose.
• Finally, your painful experiences, your past problems, hurts, and trials do teach essential lessons of life. Learning from them may as well be learning about your specific purpose for living.

Take time to find out the specific purpose for which you're living. Look upward for revelation and then inward for innate functions you can observe. The time you take to discover your purpose will be worth your while. Why? Because your ultimate success in life depends on it.