The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfilment, your peace of mind and your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career and your ambitions. You were born by God's purpose and for his purpose. The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years, because we typically begin at the wrong starting point - ourselves. We ask self-centred questions such as 'What do I want to be? What should I do?' and so on. But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose, "It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power." Job 12:10. You exist only because God wills you to exist. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, identity, meaning, purpose and destiny. Every other paths leads to a dead end. Many people try to use God for their own self-actualisation. They want God to be their own personal genie in a bottle who serves their self-centred desires, but that will always result in failure. You were made for God, not he for you, and life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not you using him for your own purposes, "Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life." Romans 8:6. Being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are not the same issue. You should reach all your personal goals, becoming a success by the world's standards, and still miss the purposes for which God created you. The easiest way to discover the purpose of your life is to ask your creator: God. You can find all answers in His word where he has clearly revealed his five purposes for our lives. The Bible explains why we are alive, how life works, what to avoid and what to expect in the future.
God is not just the starting point of your life, he is the source of it. To discover your purpose in life, turn to God's Word. You must build your life on unchanging eternal truths, not the opinions of talk shows, self-help seminars and such, "It 's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard from Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone." Ephesians 1:11. This verse offers three insights into your purpose. First, you discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Second, God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him, and thirdly, the purpose of your life fits into a much larger purpose that God has designed for eternity.
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