It is not easy to know your purpose.
We think we know sometimes, but then it changes. So were you right before, or are you right now? It takes a lot of prayer and Godly counsel to understand why God put you here and His plan for your life.
One clue can be your deepest desires: God created you to do a task, and He designed you to find that task fulfilling—nothing else will satisfy you in the same way.
But our deepest desires are sometimes hidden. When you are young, you think you know exactly what you want in life or what it is that will make you happy. But that changes over time. Or it changes when God brings something different into your life and you discover that you enjoy the new thing more than the old. Many a teacher or coach once dreamed of a career as an artist or athlete, only to discover after that option fizzled that they were actually put here to be a teacher or a coach. But you won’t recognize that particular deep desire until life gives you the chance to experience it.
David wrote Psalm 20 which begins as a blessing: “May God answer you in the day of trouble… May He send you help….” vv.1-2. But take a closer look at verse four:
“May He give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.”
I memorized and prayed these words for years. I pray it for each member of my family: May He give you what your heart desires, and fulfill your whole purpose. (Will you pray it for me?)
What does your heart desire? Do you know?
Dear God, reveal to me the deepest desires of my heart, and then fulfill those desires. Help me to be willing to do whatever your will might be for me. How can I serve You? How can I serve Your Kingdom? What is my purpose? Please fulfill my desires and fulfill my purpose. Help me to do all that you made me to do. Show me any sins or habits that may be blocking me, keeping me from becoming the person you made me to be.
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