Have you ever wondered what your purpose was? I mean, have you ever pondered: ‘why am I here’ or ‘what was I created to do while living on this earth?’

Our Word or Nugget to hold on to for the Fourth Quarter is PURPOSE. If you feel your life has purpose, you will have hope for the future and you will do things to fulfill your purpose. That’s my encouragement to you for this last quarter of the year: be purposeful.

For believers in God, scripture teaches that we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (from Ephesians 2:10) To do good works – that’s purpose.

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God (worship Him with awe-fill reverence, knowing that He is Almighty God), and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14) To worship God and keep his commandments – that’s purpose.

In his bestselling book Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren said: “Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship.” The question is, “Will you make pleasing God the goal of your life. There is nothing God won’t do for the person totally absorbed with this goal.”

We can only know what pleases God (live on purpose) by hearing, reading and studying his Word. We grow in our faith by doing what he said. That gives us a sense of purpose. That gives us a sense of hope. It just feels good to know, I’m pleasing God! Holy Spirit reveals to us the paths to take to live a purposeful life.

I pray you know God and know your purpose in life – how to please God in your own life. And not just know it. I pray we all are sensitive to Holy Spirit in order to Live it out. Do what He said. I declare: We are purposeful and we are fruitful – for God’s glory. Amen.

Ephesians 2:10

Romans 8:28

II Timothy 1:9

Matthew 28:19

Matthew 6:33

Jeremiah 29:11