Every man is created for a purpose, and the purpose of every man is to bring pleasure to God. Firstly, God made all things for
His pleasure… we are all created with specific functions on
earth; functions to bring solution to a decaying, and disturbed world. No man is made useless or without a potential, gift, or talent. I have seen people with great speaking skills, but can’t sing a note. We are all made uniquely for the purpose of making profit through the service(s) we offer to the world. Your talent places you in the position of honour. It makes you a sought after, and ultimately brings glory to God. Your destiny is directly connected to your potential, and to attain your purpose in life, the follow-ing factors must come to play:
i The use of time
ii Training
iii Vision
iv Capacity building
Invest in time, and improve the quality of what you have. Train yourself
to improve your gifting. Be up and doing, that you might be found useful when needed.
A man’s assignment is to first of all identify his giftings; that is his
honour, then locate himself in the place of honour(a place of relevance). Your honour is your talent while your place of honour is your target market. Every product has its own market. For example, every television
show has its own target audience, so is your talent. A size nine shoes is not manufactured for everyone who can wear shoes, but for those it fits.
“You are a miracle waiting to happen”
Build your capacity;
We must know that every destiny must go through trials, temptations, or persecutions as the case may be. There are two things we must bear in mind in this journey:
(a) We may be having problems due to the fact that we are in the wrong location.
(b) We may be going through trials due to the fact that God is testing our faith or strength.
Putting these two factors in mind, we would be able to identify timing, location, and transfer.
You really don’t need the whole world to applaud you before you can function in your talent. Jesus said: “I am sent to the lost sheep of Israel” that was His place of primary assignment. Start from your small Jerusalem, but have a global picture (the bigger picture). Jesus had a constituency but on the long run, reached the whole world. He started with Andrew!
“Start small, but think big”
Many worldwide brands with great loyalties started in the tiniest form you can imagine, but are now sought after everywhere in the world. They remained consistent, focused, and have improved with time. There’s nothing big that did not start small.
“See yourself on that global stage from that your tiny room and
you’ll get there.”
“You will excel the most in your location of honour.”
“You increase in everywhere you are appreciated. ”
Delicious food does not last long in the hand of a hungry man. So you must not try to impress people to recognize you. People will only get attracted to what appeals to them. Jesus said: “when you enter a place and you are not welcomed, dust your feet and leave”. Your rejection is not your failure, but a function of people’s ignorance or prejudice.
Jesus went to Nazareth and could not perform any miracle because the people failed to recognize his powers.
“Your functionality is a function of your personality not peoples
acceptability.”Jesus did not loose his powers because they rejected Him. He remained as powerful as ever, and performed great and mighty miracles after that episode.
As a singer, and a teacher, I have been to places to minister and felt like the ground should open up and swallow me due to the coldness of the people, and I have also been to other places where I felt like; “this meeting should not end.” “Different strokes for different folks.” to be continued! Culled from Unlocking your Glorious Destiny by: Kennedy
Joseph
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