Without a Vision, the People will Perish

Many people walk around in life not knowing what they are living for. They have no purpose and just walk around in life aimlessly, as if they are waiting for something to happen. How about you? What is your purpose in life? What are you on earth for? Do you know? Have you taken time to think about it?

It is a tragedy, to not know what you're for. To just wait for death or the next thing to interest you, it is like being a zombie. No purpose, no drive. But that is not how God created us, He has a plan before we're even born. In scriptures it says,"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to make you prosper and not despair, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 20:11. God has a plan for us all, and it is written in the book of days.

John Maxwell put it in a really good way,"God is a people person. Whenever there's a problem, He sent people to fix it. When India is full of people dying on the streets, He sent Mother Theresa, when there is going to be a worldwide flood, He sent Noah, when the Gentiles need to hear the Good news, He sent St Paul, when the Israelites are in slavery, He sent Moses, when Humankind needed a Savious, He sent Jesus. Everyone has a purpose, a reason to exist.

How do I know then? What has God made me to be or to do? The easiest way to know what God has created you for is to check your heart. What are my passions? Below is a set of questions to help you discern god's will in your life. If you notice, many of it has got to do with what you like or would like, that's cos when God created you for something, He gives you the heart and skills for you already. that's why He says "My grace is sufficient for you" whenever we have problems that are seemingly big, He has given us the required skills and passion, and if we need more, all we have to do is to ask Him and He will give more.

Questions:
1. What is in your heart to do?
2. What are the secret petitions of your heart? (what you wish to see or have a dream to come true)
3. What do you wish you could be? (your personal ambition)
4. What could you do, or be part of, to bless someone else's world? (making a difference)
5. What are you good at? (your skills given and blessed by God)
6. What would you do if time and resources were unlimited to you? (if only i had... i would...)
7. What do you find easy? (your abilities)
8. What moves you? (what makes you wanna act on what you know is right? or things hapening around you that you wish you can change)
9. What idea are you hesitant to speak out loud because it seems too big and too daring? (God's visions given are usually humanly impossible cos we'e suppose to rely on Him with what little we have)

How to test if it is God's will?
1. Will this desire bless others?
2. Will it help to build the kingdom of God?
3. Is it in line with God's desire for my life? (first 9 questions)
4. Note that God's plan for your life/ministry will not contradict His Word. Don't ever let anyone else tell you otherwise. Compromise is dangerous.
*All questions taken from Darlene Zschech's book 'A Kiss of Heaven'.

With these, I hope that you will find God's will and purpose for your life if you have not done so already. If you are feeling uncomfortable, that's a good sign that you're hungering for something and there's a very good chance it is what you desire to see happen, according to God's will.

Pray and ask God to guide you through. If you see something too big for you to handle, don't worry, when God wants you to do something impossible, it is because He wants to do it together with you.

Do NOT waste time, start now! You only live once, life is too precious to waste on misery.