Episode 397 - Show Notes
- Over the last generation, pastors, preachers, and speakers have been telling audiences that God has a great purpose for their lives. The audience inevitably will clap and cheer. It’s inspiring to believe and know that we are here for purpose. Our lives are planned by God. He has a great plan for our lives, we’ve been told.
- But how? How do we know what that purpose is? Why is it so hard to figure out? How terrible to be told that our lives have purpose, but to be left to discern that purpose all on our own.
- There is no doubt about it. God has purpose for our lives and he has prepared us for this moment. Your purpose is not just about your future. It’s about your life right now.
- As Christ followers, a significant part of our God-given purpose centers around what we call The Great Commission.
- We are called by Jesus to make disciples, not just be disciples. So much of what we do as Christians falls into the category of being and learning to be a disciple of Jesus.
- But Jesus instructs us not just to be, but to make disciples. This is your purpose. Receive it. Memorize it. Obey it. Practice it. Your purpose is to make disciples. This is not the purpose of just pastors, preachers, and missionaries. It’s the divine purpose for everyone who believes in Jesus.
- As you receive your purpose, your next step is to determine how you will participate, and that comes down to your gifts and talents. God has placed gifts within you to be used for his purpose.
Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Matthew 28:19-20 - “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
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