Do the work - June 17, 2014

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 25-29

9 “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10 So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work.”
20 Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the Lord is finished correctly. 21 The various divisions of priests and Levites will serve in the Temple of God. Others with skills of every kind will volunteer, and the officials and the entire nation are at your command.” 

-1 Chronicles 28

18 “O Lord, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes. 19 Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.” - 1 Chronicles 29
Message:
Be strong and courageous and do the work.

Observation:
God has called us for a specific purpose. Many times it is laid before us by the family that GOD has given us, other times, GOD calls us out of our families like David was called from being a shepherd to be a king. Whatever that GOD has called us to do, we ought to remind ourselves and be faithful to do it.

Application:

Be faithful to the calling of GOD in your life. Many times we forget, we get busy with the mundane things instead of what we were called to be, remember GOD's purpose and plan for your life and do it with all your heart for there is nothing more satisfying and fulfilling than being able to do what GOD has created you to do.

Untied for a Purpose - June 9, 2014

Scripture: Luke 19-20

30 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying that colt?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32 So they went and found the colt, just as Jesus had said.33 And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, “Why are you untying that colt?”
34 And the disciples simply replied, “The Lord needs it.” 35 So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.
38 “Blessings on the King who comes in the name of theLord!
Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!”
39 But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, “Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!”
40 He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!”

Message:
Untied for the purpose of being used for GOD's glory.

Observation:
We are all tied to things in life. Just as this donkey was tied to the fence, never been ridden, his owners thought he would never be ridden for all of his life. But when they untied this donkey for Yeshua to ride on, this donkey's life has changed, it was now a useful donkey that people could ride on.

Application:
Is there something you've never done in your life? Something that is useful to GOD and would give Him glory? If so then maybe it's time to allow change in your life. GOD can change your life in a moment just as GOD has changed this donkey's usefulness in a day. But first we have to be untied from the many things in life that has kept us from being useful to GOD as we ought to be. Just like this donkey we are meant to be used by GOD and to give Him glory.

Confident in GOD - April 25, 2014

Scripture: Psalm 6-8

8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity;

For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. - Psalm 6
1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; 

And deliver me, 2 Lest they tear me like a lion,

Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. - Psalm 7
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor. - Psalm 8

Message:

Putting Confidence in GOD.

Observation/Promise:

We may have troubles in this world but we do not have to fear the troubles that rock us because we have someone to rely on who will save us or end our troubles. He not only saves us from our trials but He is Sovereign over everything that happens in our lives because He is GOD, He allows such things to happen for a purpose and for always for a good reason even when we don't understand it yet. If you are confident in GOD even in times of trouble, you will have peace that surpasses understanding. 

Application/Command:

Trust in the Lord at all times. In troubled times, Cry out to GOD and depend on Him. He will surely hear and listen to every prayer in your heart. He will not turn away, He is merciful and kind, compassionate and loving, HE will not turn you away, just as long as you are humble before Him. Put your confidence in GOD alone. When you are rocked and swayed by troubles, cling and hold on to GOD all the more. Don't be confident in anything at all but in GOD alone. 

I am troubled by the little things in life that concern me but everytime I am swayed I always cling to the LORD

Unfailing One - April 12, 2014

Scripture: Job 3-4
11 “Why wasn’t I born dead?
Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
12 Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
13 Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.
I would be asleep and at rest.
14 I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers,
whose great buildings now lie in ruins.
15 I would rest with princes, rich in gold,
whose palaces were filled with silver.
16 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,
like a baby who never lives to see the light?
17 For in death the wicked cause no trouble,
and the weary are at rest.

Message:

The agony of suffering to the point of regret.

Observation/Promise:
We all suffer from hardship and troubles in life. Pain and troubles are part of being in this world, it is part of life. And we can regret the day we were born for when we taste the suffering and troubles in life, we will begin to think that death is sweeter than life. But everything that GOD allows to happen on earth has a significant purpose and most especially the day of our birth because HE has a purpose for our being.

Application/Command:

We may regret the day of our birth and wish for death because of our sufferings and troubles on earth but GOD who brought you life truly has a purpose for you. Even Job who had everything then and lost everything in a single day was blessed even more in the end that he was blessed in the beginning. GOD's purpose for Job's life is to be a model for all those that love GOD, an example for all that want to be faithful to GOD, that even when we go through trials, GOD will carry us through all of them just as He carried Job. That our end is better than our beginning. Let us trust GOD even in the sorrows, hardship, persecution and sufferings. Hold on to the Almighty and Trust the unfailing one.

Find Your Purpose - March 28, 2014

Scripture: Rev 18-22
3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.[a] 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” 6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. 7 All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. - Rev 2112 “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. - Rev 22


Message:
Everything will all come to an end, except the Word of GOD the endures forever.

Observation/Promise:
What are we living for? Are we living for ourselves building our own Kingdom? No matter what we do in life, if they have not been appointed by GOD, it will all be in vain. Even riches prove to be in vain when in the hands of evil doers. But what is it that really matters in life? Is it our dreams and ambitions? What matters is simply our relationship with our creator. We have to go back to the one who created us and ask, what is my purpose? What do you want me to do on earth? When you start living your purpose which is first of all loving and worshipping the creator, you will find meaning and be assured that in the end of life, you will gain even more than what you have gained on earth.

Application/Command: 
Live for GOD, do not merely see your life as your own because you were created by an uncreated Being for a specific purpose and role. One day we will all face Him and what can we say when our lives are being accounted for by HIM? Remember that you are created for a purpose, first of all the love and worship GOD, the rest of that can be known by seeking the will of GOD for your life. It is only in Him that you are able to find meaning and fulfillment. 

Appointed - March 22, 2014

Scripture: Acts 25-26
16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ -Acts 26
Message:
Appointed and sent to do great things for the Lord. Victorious with whatever circumstances.

Observation/Promise:
GOD has appointed each and everyone of His children to do a specific work for a specific purpose. We have different tasks but one Lord, some are called to evangelize, to preach, win souls, others are called to make disciples, plant churches, take on missions, work or do business but whatever GOD has called us to do in life, it is HE who has appointed us. HE will bless our obedience, and faithfulness, but most of all HE will bless us because HE is faithful. GOD has called us for specific tasks because He has created us and He knows that we do best at what HE has called us to do because this is what HE created us to be. 

Command/Application:
Make sure you know what GOD has called you to do and do it. If you don't know find out what it is because what you do in life will determine the success. Seek GOD about His purpose for your life, HE will reveal it because HE loves to reveal and speak to His children. If you are walking in line with GOD, HE will provide for all things, and bless you even if you are in prison like Paul. If you are not walking in line with GOD, you are working against GOD and you will struggle with everything that's going on. Do not fight with GOD as Paul did at first, seek Him and you will find, you will know, you will be blessed. HE has appointed you, be a blessing!

Calling = Purpose March 18, 2014

Scripture: Esther 1-5
10 Ester did not disclose her people or family ties, because Mordekhai had instructed her not to tell anyone. 11 Every day Mordekhai would walk around in front of the courtyard of the harem’s house in order to know how Ester was doing and what was happening to her.
20 Ester had not yet revealed her family ties or her people, as Mordekhai had ordered her; for Ester continued obeying what Mordekhai told her to do, as she had when he was raising her. - Esther 1
15 Ester had them return this answer to Mordekhai: 16 “Go, assemble all the Jews to be found in Shushan, and have them fast for me, neither eating nor drinking for three days, night and day; also I and the girls attending me will fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.” - Esther 4
Message:
Sacrificing to do the right thing will lead to greater Honor.

Observation/Promise:

We all have a responsibility on earth. God has called us for such specific purpose to live and act on earth, are we following that calling? Most of the time, our calling will cost us something, and in one way or another we have to sacrifice to the point of our lives just as Yeshua sacrificed His life for mankind for He was called to be the Savior of the world. We still a have choice, whether to sacrifice and live out that calling or not. But somehow there is no greater meaning and significance in life when we live our callings and able to do everything, even sacrifice for what is right. We have to obey what GOD has set for us to do and sometimes obedience is already a sacrifice because we may not want to do what GOD wants us to do but when we do it, there is no regretting.

Command/Application:
Live out your calling and do what is right. Stay faithful and be willing to sacrifice even to the point of death. If you are not living out your calling, there is no meaning to life. When you are bored, you are definitely not living out your calling. Find out what GOD wants you to do and you can only know your purpose through Him because He created you.

Resolve to Follow GOD - March 8, 2014

Scripture: Acts 21-2212 When we heard this, both we and the people there begged him not to go up to Yerushalayim; 13 but Sha’ul answered, “What are you doing, crying and trying to weaken my resolve? I am prepared not only to be tied up, but even to die in Yerushalayim for the name of the Lord Yeshua.” 14 And when he would not be convinced, we said, “May the Lord’s will be done,” and kept quiet.

Message:

Resolved to do the will of GOD, resolve to follow God.

Observation/Promise:

When our hearts are one with GOD, we have the mind of Christ, and the heart of GOD. We begin to do things that are not logical to the human mind, but these things only GOD can explain why. Just as Paul wanting to go to Yerushalayim where everyone knows will put his life in danger. The believers tried to stop him, but they couldn't convince him from walking straight into his death. Paul knew the dangers and what kind of suffering he had to go through, prophets were telling him but he would not budge. As a reader, I wanted him to live longer. Didn't GOD want him to live longer? It broke my heart reading how the believers loved him and wanted him to stay with them but time and time they kept saying goodbye to him because he was only meant to stay for a time. Didn't he deserve a life with family at least to retire from his hard work teaching and preaching? His life had to end like those of the martyrs, and its tragic on earth. But GOD's purpose can explain everything. In Heaven martyrdom is one of the greatest accomplishment a follower could do for Yeshua.

Command/Application:
Many people may not understand or be one in heart with what GOD wants you to do. But stay in GOD and listen to His voice. Be one in heart with GOD and be filled with His Spirit. Only you can know what GOD wants you to do, and sometimes you are the only one who believe what GOD wants you to do. Many times we have to walk our faith alone, but GOD will never fail to strengthen you and give you everything you need to accomplish His will and plan for you. Just like Paul resolve to follow GOD with all your heart. Do not let anyone or anything change your mind, do not let anything or anyone move you except the will of GOD and the heart of GOD for your Life.

The Time is Near - March 7, 2014

Scripture: Revelations 1-6

3 Blessed are the reader and hearers of the words of this prophecy, provided they obey the things written in it! For the time is near! - Rev 1
26 To him who wins the victory and does what I want until the goal is reached, I will give him authority over the nations; 27 he will rule them with a staff of iron and dash them to pieces like pottery, 28 just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star. 29 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.”’ - Rev 2

8 “I know what you are doing. Look, I have put in front of you an open door, and no one can shut it. I know that you have but little power, yet you have obeyed my message and have not disowned me.
9 Here, I will give you some from the synagogue of the Adversary, those who call themselves Jews but aren’t — on the contrary, they are lying — see, I will cause them to come and prostrate themselves at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you. 10 Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test. 11 I am coming soon; hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. 

12 I will make him who wins the victory a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he will never leave it. - Rev 3

Message:
For the time is near and GOD is coming!

Observation/Promise:

We are here on earth for a purpose. We have a purpose and destiny ordained by GOD, are we serving and living that purpose? Our time on earth thought it seems many, will soon pass away, and afterwards we will be judged according to our works. The Lord is coming soon, what are we doing with our lives? Have we lived for Him or only for ourselves? The Bible writes everything GOD has instructed us to do while we are on earth, did we obey, did we even listen or read words of His truth? What we have now is temporary. What we do in the temporary will determine what we will do in the eternal. If we are living for GOD, He will crown us and many rewards await us. 

Command/Application:

Read the Word of GOD, listen to His voice, Obey His will. GOD has created us for a purpose and we need to do and follow what HE has created us for. When HE comes will He find us faithful? Let us hold on to what we have, stay faithful in GOD let no one take away our faith and the promises that GOD has for us. 

Passion - What Drives You?

23 Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again. 24 Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes.25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea. 26 I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.[c] 27 I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.

-2 Corinthians 11

If you have nothing to do die for, you have nothing to live for. Passion. This is where success comes from. This is what accomplishment is all about. One cannot achieve greatness without passion. Passion will overpass hardship and difficulty. How does one man go through such hardships to the point of death yet carry on such work with passion, diligence, and whole hearted devotion? Passion. This is what Paul had but the very reason why he has Passion is because first of all, he understands his purpose in GOD because it came from GOD. Purpose precedes Passion. But without Passion Purpose will come to no avail. What is your passion? What drives you? Whether it be serving Christ in Church, or living on the edge of life car racing, let it be for the purpose of His glory.

What is your Purpose? Find out what that is... for your purpose will drive the wheels of your life to the direction where your heart is. Let your purpose be right, let it be not just for the temporary life here on earth. Let your purpose be divine, eternal, exceeding even your day of death, leaving a lasting legacy in this life and earning great rewards in the next life to come. When you reach your goals, your purpose will speak loudly to the people in your life watching you. It will not be hidden, it will be evident and will receive praise from men and honor from GOD according to the purity of your purpose He has assigned to you. Life is an Assignment, know what yours is, seek, ask and GOD will be there to answer you.

Specific Purpose

Clothing for the Priests

2 Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful.3 Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them make garments for Aaron that will distinguish him as a priest set apart for my service.
Design of the Chestpiece
15 “Then, with great skill and care, make a chestpiece to be worn for seeking a decision from God. 
30 Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the Lord’s presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the Lord’s will for his people whenever he goes in before the Lord.

- Exodus 28

GOD has set a specific purpose for all things HE commanded. We may not understand everything or know every purpose for why HE commanded what HE said we should do but GOD knows best in all things because there is no One above Him. All of us are created for a specific purpose. No matter what you do in life, you will not be satisfied and fulfilled with life unless you are doing what GOD has created you to do. And GOD is very specific in everything, HE is even involved in the little details. Like for example how the clothing of the priests should be. He has created men and women as skilled craftsmen and has given them the Spirit of wisdom for at that very specific time for the purpose of creating the garments of the priests. This only means that nobody should be doing something they are not called or created by GOD to do.

HE loves every little detail of our lives, as HE is involved with the details of how the priestly garments should be made, that is how much GOD wants to be involved with the tiniest details and with every moment of our days. In the those days the LORD ordained the Israelites to make a chestpiece to determine decisions from GOD. Why? Because He wants His people to ask Him regarding small or big decisions about their nation. GOD wants HIS will to be known by His people so that they may follow it. As much as GOD is involved with the smallest details of the nation of Israel, is how much GOD wants to be involved with every detail of our lives. HE has a specific will for us, a purpose on earth that only we could do best because HE created us for it, and when we follow His will for us, nothing else fulfills us more when we walk by GOD's specific will for us. 

True Satisfaction

4 “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt. 5 But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. 6 This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors. 8 So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

- Genesis 45

Joseph's brother sold him as a slave to foreign men because they were jealous of him, they wanted him out of their family. But Joseph understood what happened between him and his brothers and he believed it was GOD who allowed everything for a painful yet greater purpose. It was because of Joseph's faith and trust in GOD that he did not take everything against his brothers. If Joseph didn't have a forgiving heart, or did not trust GOD, he would have harbored bitterness towards his brothers. 

It takes an extra ordinary heart to be able to do what Joseph did. An ordinary person would naturally be angry and hateful to the ones that hurt and betrayed him. How much more sold him to be a slave by his own brothers. It is no wonder why GOD chose Joseph to receive all the great blessings and honor of being a ruler in another country. GOD can bless you if you let Him take over your life. Instead of living in the past, why not chose to move forward with GOD and look ahead because one day you will understand why HE allowed some unfortunate things to take place and in HIM you will find true satisfaction.

Working Out

37 Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. 38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are. 40 You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.
- Genesis 41

For 13 years, Joseph was in prison for something he did not do. It would have been so bitter to be in prison when you were accused falsely. But Joseph's character developed in prison making him a more humble man. GOD has appointed time for each one of us and we seem to be stuck where we don't want to be, and this is exactly what happened to Joseph. We didn't chose to be where we are but here we are! But when the time came for GOD to take Joseph out in prison, GOD did it in a snap and not only that, the LORD gave Jospeh favor in Pharoah's eyes and made him the second in command of Pharoah in the entire land of Egypt. Who would have done such a great and mighty thing except GOD?

Do you feel like you are stuck where you are for a long time already? Does it seem like you can't get out of where you are? Look to GOD and have hope, because GOD will never leave you to rot anywhere in this world. He is faithful to Joseph who was stuck in prison for 13 years, He will be faithful to you even when you don't see it GOD is always moving behind everything, making everything work out according to HIS purpose and will. One day after GOD's work in you is done in a certain place, HE will take you to a better place for in GOD we can only be in from glory to glory. 

Prevailing Purpose of GOD

1 One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. 2 When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.”
3 His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”4 His father and mother didn’t realize the Lord was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.

- Judges 14:1-4

Talk about falling in love with wrong person. This story is a total disaster based on human judgment. But the events that took place in this story was purposefully planned and underatken by GOD according to HIS will. Samson was a special man, GOD had already made known to his parents that he was going to be an extraordinary person to be used by GOD mightily someday. His parents must have thought that he was invicible and almost infalliable that when he told them he has chosen a wife, they right away succumb to his demands to get her for him as a wife.

Truth was, jews at that time were not allowed to intermarry with non-jews but because his parents always thought that Samson was special, they let him do as he pleased. But even this mistake was part of GOD's plan for GOD had wanted to Samson to be angry with the Philistines so that he could fight against them and win. Samson's story may have been sad but GOD's purpose prevailed in the life of Samson where he was used to set Israel free from the Philistine's oppression by destroying the enemy of Israel.

Work

‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!
But now the Lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.
- Haggai 2:3-5

Many of us want to live our lives to the full. Some of us more ambitious than others. We want the best cars, the best houses, the best career and everything we should have the best. But life does not compose of things alone. Our lives are created when we are formed first in the wombs of our mother. The first thing we aquire when we are born are our bodies. We have 3 aspects: Soul, Spirt and Body. Our bodies are a physical aspect of who we are. Just as people live in a house. A house or temple is our body, that GOD can come into and reside in. For GOD is Spirit and His Spirit longs to be one with our spirits. We can let Him reside in our body when our spirits are willing to welcome another Spirit, stronger and more powerful than our spirit to host our lives. 

There are many times when we are unsure of ourselves, unsure what we are supposed to do. We don't know our purpose, we don't know why we are here for. But GOD who created your whole being, soul, spirit and body, knows exactly why HE created you and for what purpose. The "why" HE created you is for HIS pleasure. HE wants to enjoy you. He wants to be in an intimate relationship with you. The "what is my purpose?" is your role or function within the people that GOD has raised you in. It is the relationships that you have in your life. It is also the gifts which GOD has given you that enables you to bless others, work and produce wonderful things. When you are unsure of your purpose, you can always ask the LORD Your Maker and HE will reveal great things you have never known before. We are created for glory because we are made in GOD's image. And it's only natural for us to be the best that we can be because GOD has arrayed us with His glory from the time we were born and as we grow, we change from glory to glory. Even with old age, it is GOD's will that we become better, improving, becoming wiser, happier, and just be more than what we were. So if you want to know what GOD has created you for, look around you and ponder, reflect and think with GOD. First of all you are a child of GOD created in His image. What can you give GOD back? Second GOD has given you your family. If you are a father your role is to provide, love and protect your family. If you have the passion and gift to build, then you can be a Civil Engineer and your work is to build the best structures for every building that has been assigned to you. Understand the design that GOD has created you for and when you do, work your best! Work your hardest because the LORD is with you. There are many more things that you can do and there are many people that need your gifts, your time, your love and even more that only you can give. Each of us are created so uniquely by GOD. There's not one that we are similar to, not one person that we have the same thumbmark. All your gifts are a combination of just how uniquely created you are by GOD. So do your best in all that you do, for GOD promised that HIS Spirit is with you. When you work, work with all your heart, for whatever that GOD has placed in your hands will only be for a short time and time can pass by so quickly and we only have one house, one life so let's do the best that we can for HIS glory because HE is with us. 

Purpose

12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? 14 Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it...16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. 18 He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 10

We are born into this world,unknowing of our purpose and reason for living. This world can offer us many things if we work hard for it but could it offer satisfaction and fulfillment? We feel empty even though we have enough, and even when we have more than enough. One of the world's known scientist have quoted this "There is a whole in every human heart that only GOD can fill". We search for our purpose but we can only find the reason for our existence in creator of our being. You will never experience joy unless you find this creator, and understand the reason why HE created you. You can know Him and understand your purpose through His very words. In Deuteronomy 10:12 GOD gave us life, but He requires something from us. And this is what our very souls search for, the very meaning of our lives are found in ways where GOD designed us to live.

GOD requires us to fear and love Him. Fear? Is it to be afraid of GOD, to be scared of Him? No not this kind of fear. The fear here means to have reverence, or high respect towards HIM. To understand that HE is the GOD and HE is in control over everything that happens on earth. To know that HE is justice, the great judge over all the earth and that whatever we do, good or bad, HE will repay us according to what we have done. If we do good, we reap good things but if we do things that do not please Him, things He said we should not do, then we reap the consequences of our sin against Him. HE requires us not just to respect Him but to love Him, not partially, not sometimes, but to love Him with every fiber of our beings. Isn't it amazing? How such a great Almighty GOD, wants our love, HE even requires it from us. Love is not just to like, but to love is to delight, and put GOD first in our lives. When we live a life that doesn't have God in it, we ignore Him, and therefore on the great day of His return, because we did not seek to know Him, He will turn away from us because He does not know us too. 

GOD require us to obey His commands. It's not very hard to do but it will be hard when we are tested. It will be hard to keep His Sabbath day of rest when we are pressured to work because we need the money. It will be hard to love our enemies, when it's easier to hate them. But when we trust GOD and obey in spite of our circumstance and in spite of suffering, then we will see His goodness in our lives. He is a good GOD and but HE is also a just GOD who does not discriminate or show partiality but He executes judgement according to His Holiness. He is merciful and compassionate to the needy, poor and broken. Whether you know Him or not, He remains to be GOD. Your life on earth is not meant for you to just enjoy it for yourself but you were created to be in a relationship with GOD, to know, love and fear Him and to obey. Still searching for purpose and meaning in life? Seek the One who created you.