SP 2B : Why Was I Created ?

 

'' For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. ''  

The reason for your existence  is determined by the word of God , and nothing else . Your past experience should not define the reason why God created you .

If you experience a vicious circle of failure that does not mean that God created you for that , or that you are not meant to be successful in life . Always have this positive thought in your heart ,I am  '' created in Christ Jesus for good works ''

Created for good works should be in your mindset ,  that is to say that you know the stuff you are made off , ‘’ good works ‘’ that should be your greatest motivation , whenever you want to pursue your success venture . If you answer the question ‘’ why was I created ‘’ correctly , then you discover that  ‘’ good works’’ is your pursuit of success and that you should work on it .

Your good works is what God prepared for you to walk in it , meaning to pursue it until you attain to those good deeds .This means God has a standard of life for you to attain to and you should not miss out on that aim . Everyone of us has the mission and the very assignment for which we were created by God . It might take different forms for each  individual  person , but the point is God wants you to do things in such a way that you end up  doing the good deeds that will eventually make you successful .

In the bible we see that , God told Jeremiah that he was created to be a prophet to the nations .’’ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.’’ Jeremiah 1:5 The purpose for which God created Jeremiah is spelt out in the scripture , so this prophet knew why God created him . So his only responsibility is to walk in it and obey the word of God .

One of the things that  gives us fulfilment in life is when we discover the reason for which God created us and walk in it , then we will become successful in life . Every successful person had a discovery of God’s plan and purpose for his or her life ,and began to pursue it . Whenever , a person does not know his or her purpose or mission on earth , such a person becomes a wanderer in this world and begins to do their own thing .

What happens is that such people end up being frustrated in life , and they appear to be failures .All because they are pursuing their own means , which leads them to the wrong ends . Like the saying goes “ The end justifies the means “ , so the “ means “ ,is the way and manner in which you choose to do things . This can be walking in the will of God or walking in your own way.That is making your own choices and taking decisions to suit your own preference , instead of doing the will of God or obeying the word of God .  

Whenever you find yourself doing something that disobeys the word of God because you want to be successful , it means that you are heading towards failure . Genuine success comes when you walk in the word of God and ensure that you do everything in the light of the Holy Scriptures .  Many people have deviated from the purpose of God , by doing all the sinful things in life all in the name of success, such success is referred to as ” bad success “.

In the bible the word of God talks about good success , which means there is a bad success , “  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Joshua 1:8 

“ Good Success ” comes as a result of obeying the word of God , doing the will of God in order to be successful in life . “ Bad Success “ is doing sinful things to have money , such as lying , stealing , prostitution , bribery and all forms of diabolical things just because you want to make it in life at all cost . Joseph discovered that he was created to be a ruler through the dreams he had , 

6. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? “  Genesis 37:6-10

These two dreams show that Joseph was created to be a ruler , and this can only become a reality through the help of  God . What he did was to walk hand in hand with God for that dream to become a reality and that is success . For Joseph the scriptures report , “ And  YHVH was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. “ Genesis 39:2

When your dreams or plans in life become a reality , it is success . Like Joseph every successful person takes delight in the  fulfilment of his or her God given dreams .