E2022_S2E8 - Identifying your life purpose

Apostle Joseph Simwela

My daily light - 08 February, 2022

The Key to identifying your life's Purpose

_Curiosity, passionate, the source of tears or heart break_

*Text*

Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

*Nehemiah 1:2, 4 NIV*

For you to live a life of impact is when you decide to live on purpose.

You are not an accident here on earth, you did not just appear and even if it were not convenient for your parents to nurture you - God knew you before you were born.

You exist for a purpose, you are that solution to the world - the key that on one else has it worldwide, you are so special my dear.

But do you really know how special you are? Your uniqueness is in the assignment or divine purpose of which you were created for.

Do you know the real reason of your existence?

It's a question of identifying your life's purpose, how do you establish your mission statement?

In our text we see *three factors* that Ushered Nehemiah unto aligning himself to the will of God about his life.

1. Curiosity - Curiosity is the strong desire to know and usually asks questions - what are you curious about. On your daily basis, what are the things you really want to know? The questions you ask and the things you really want to know are a clue to the purposes of God encrypted in your life. Track your Curiosity and critique the questions you usually ask and you will see yourself going towards alignment with the maker. Nehemiah wanted to know more about the Jews - He was simply assigned to them.

2. Passion - what are you so passionate about. Passion is the sacrificial great desire - you are so passionate about something or a person if you are ready to give up something or risk your own life just to make the other happy or flee someone. Fasting and prayer is a Spiritual Sacrifice that not every person can choose to take but Nehemiah did it after hearing how uncomfortable the Jews were. How do you feel when you hear someone is: sick, starving, beaten, scourged to death, chased from school due to fees, raped, and so many other unfavorable words? Nehemiah responded by crying to show it was one of his assignments to restore order. Your assignment lives in your heart and you must always pay attention to how your heart reacts to situations.

3. Heart break - whatever breaks your heart reveals the key to your assignment, be so curious about it - ask questions. Let the Lord reveal more to you as you hunger for more. Nehemiah mourned because of the situation faced by the Jews

Knowing your life purpose is very important - it makes you to start living on purpose and making your life more productive. Apart from the above factors, one needs to be a child of God to identify his or her assignment, being around others and becoming sensitive to the needs of others.

*I pray that you will align yourself to that which the Lord created you for - in Jesus mighty name*