Understanding Purpose, Day 7 Making plans. Read Proverbs 19:21. This verse always hits hard for me. I am really good at planning. I make a lot of plans and often, my back-up plans have back-up plans. Yet God reminds me that I can’t out-plan him. Yes, I can make all my plans, but God is ultimately going to acheve his will. The question I have to ask is, are my plans lining up with God’s plans? That is the only way my plans will last. I must be constantly seeking God first and striving to understand his plans for me. Only by understanding God’s plans will my plans matter. My…

Understanding Purpose, Day 6 Defended and not alone. Read Psalm 138:8. This psalm is one of many that David writes to describe the protection and help of the Lord. David understood what it meant to be living for purpose. He had been told his purpose by God, and yet had to wait many years before it was realized. During that time, he knew that God would continue to defend him and God would never leave him alone or abandon him. When we think of our purpose, God does the same things for us. God defends us, and God does not leave us alone. God plans out our purpose as we…

Understanding Purpose, Day 5 God is a planner. Read Jeremiah 29:11. This is one of those verses where it really is important to read the entire chapter. This chapter is God telling the exiles of Israel that they will come back. He will restore them. And he reminds them that he has a plan for them. That plan includes prosperity, hope and a future. We can understand a lot of things about who God is from this chapter. While this verse wasn’t necessarily directed toward us and we need to be careful about making direct application to our lives based on the context, we can understand the character of who…

Understanding Purpose, Day 4 Go. Read Matthew 28:19. These verses are the last verses of the book of Matthew. We see Jesus giving his final commandments to the disciples. Before he ascends back into heaven, he tells him that he has all authority, and then he gives them purpose. They are to go and make disciples and baptize people. There is no question about what God’s expectation is for the remaining believers. Jesus is returning to heaven. But the believers are not going to heaven yet because they have purpose to fulfill here on earth. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we have the same purpose. Our purpose is to go.…

Understanding Purpose, Day 2 It’s all working together. Read Romans 8:28. Paul is writing these verses to the church in Rome, and as he is explaining the Christian life, he makes the statement in this verse. “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God who are called according to his purpose.” We’re really think about understanding our purpose, we have to accept that God’s purpose is to be our purpose. These situations and circumstances that we go through life lead us to the place where we can accomplish the purposes of God. We may not understand why we are where we are, and…

Understanding Purpose, Day 1 I believe we all struggle at times to understand our purpose. Why did God create us? Why are we still here? What are we supposed to be doing? My focus word for the year of 2025 is “purpose” and I wanted to start by going through what God has to say about my purpose. The next several days will be that journey. To start, Ephesians 2:10 gives us 3 truths about our purpose. Our purpose was Planned by God, our purpose is Good, and our purpose was Assigned to each of us. In this verse, we can clearly see that God planned our purpose. He created…