LIGHT FOR THE PURPOSEFUL LIFE (1)

“And we know that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to HIS PURPOSE” – Romans 8:28

The Word of God illuminates with peerless LIGHT for the PURPOSEFUL LIFE: “And we know that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to HIS PURPOSE” (Rom.8:28). God works all things to align with His Purpose. Every matter in creation is designed and orchestrated in Christ to function according to the counsel of His Will: “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the PURPOSE of Him who works ALL THINGS according to the counsel of His will” (Eph.1:11). All of creation revolves around His Purpose! In particular, Life in Christ follows Purpose: predestined, called, justified, and glorified (v.30).

Purpose is the “reason for being” of anything and anyone; why something or someone exists. Purpose is an intention or plan in the heart of a creator. Nothing works on its own. Nothing acts by itself. Everything we see in existence was a purpose in the heart of its creator or manufacturer; hence someone is behind everything we see. Our Life’s Purpose is the primary reason why we’re here on earth; the chief cause for our being. God is the Creator of creators. He has a Purpose for everything and everyone He created. And, His Purposes are eternal; they pre-exist our existence: “according to the ETERNAL PURPOSE which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph.3:11). Nothing is accidental with God. We were born by His Purpose and for His Purpose. But we must align with Him for the Fulfilment of Purpose.

Life is a precious and priceless Gift, but the Owner of life has a reason for giving it to us without demanding any charge, rent, or payment. There’s always a creator for everything we see. Every Action has an Intention or Motivation. Purpose is an Indispensable Key to Life. Without purpose, no one has a right to be alive. There is nothing in life that is without purpose. Even Satan knows and guards his purpose for doing what he does. When elements of nature lose their purposes, disasters, chaos and catastrophe result. When nations, societies, friendship, communities, organizations, marriages, or churches, lose their purpose, confusion, frustration, anarchy, or even destruction may follow. Mike Murdock says: “The greatest tragedy in life is not death but life without reason.” To be purposeless, then, is more deadly than death itself!

Purpose is the Destination that prompts a journey; hence, “…there is…a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecc.3:1). That’s why Life becomes a bore when its purpose is lost or marred. Purpose enables and energizes us to face life’s challenges unperturbed and overcome: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (v.31). Conclusively, “Yet in ALL THESE THINGS we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (v.37).