The Purpose Myth

God never asked us to chase after Purpose, He asked us to chase after HIM.

⠀
Almost everywhere the Bible alludes to Purpose, it speaks of God’s Purpose, not OUR purpose. The purpose for each season will be different, and if we stay stuck on the fact that we’re meant to be “following purpose”, we’ll find it difficult to be flexible when the seasons change.
⠀
What if your purpose is to study Medicine... then you end up in film and media?
What if your purpose is to work in media... then you end up as a politician?
Why are you the measure for God’s abilities?
Why can’t God’s Purpose be more complex than we can ever understand?
⠀
Constantly second-guessing ourselves and constantly striving to follow purpose makes us focus on “works”, believing that it is what we do or how well we do it that determines where we are in God; but where we are in God has already been determined by Him.
He has “... seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus...”
(Ephesians 2:6 ESV)

So we’re not living our lives, we’re living His Life, by His Rules, in His Way, according to His Purpose.
Not.
Ours.

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
(Galatians 2:20 ESV)

⠀
The idea of finding our purpose is weighing so many of us down with religious pressure and killing our intimacy with God.
Listen: you can’t do anything to deserve God’s love, and you can’t do anything to lose God’s love, either. Follow Him day by day — that’s your only purpose, and that purpose is more than enough.

“... tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
(Matthew 6:34 ESV)

The Traffic of Life

So, you get off work, get into the car, excited to get home, and then you get stuck in traffic.😓 Just another day in Lagos.

But no matter how frustrating traffic is, you never find yourself doubting the destination. You never find yourself saying, “Am I really sure I’m going home? This traffic is too much. What if I’m not going to find any house when I get there? What’s the point?! Oh, let me just park here and not bother trying anymore.” 😅
We understand that the promise of home isn’t where the problem is, but that there are challenges on the way:
Perhaps a car broke down.
Perhaps the roads are bad.
Perhaps it’s just normal rush-hour traffic.
And if we’re on the wrong route, we know that all we have to do is check our maps and take a different route.
⠀
It’s exactly the same with God.
The problem isn’t whether or not God has promised; it’s what perspective we’re looking at the process from.
There’s no point complaining through the seasons of our lives, kicking and screaming through every challenge and questioning God’s faithfulness. The simple answer is to get a different perspective — God’s Perspective — and understand what’s happening. And if you find that you’re stuck because you took the wrong road, just turn around at the nearest opening.
⠀
Selah.

"Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
Revelation 4:1 ESV

“Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Proverbs 4:7 NKJV

Agree with God.

1) “Agree” — not “Argue”, not “Angry”.
Don’t argue with God, and don’t stay angry with Him, either.
2) Agree with GOD — not with fear, and worry. Not with your friends who may not understand. Not with your thoughts and imaginations.

You may feel stuck. You may be asking a million questions and analysing a million details. You may be wondering what the point of the journey is. You may be afraid because the next step looks SO hard and you can’t imagine how you’ll make it through. Is it really God’s will? Did God really say? Can God really want me to do this?
⠀
The answer to all your concerns is God.
Agree with Him and literally watch all the other thoughts shut up and run away.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7 ESV