Ok I know it’s been a while since I pasted the first article on this topic and I’m absolutely sorry. Today we are going to start handling concepts I merely brushed over in the last episode and I will love for you to follow intently as we delve deep into these waters to find truth and better understanding towards greater expression of our God-given talents.

PURPOSE

If you read the last article on this piece you would agree that I did talk about this but in the general sense. Hence I said

…whatever talent(s) you are gifted with has two
ultimate purposes which include to further
better our world and to bring glory to God
(Revelations 4:11;Romans 8:19).

This is true in all cases but the angle I want to hit this would be from a more specific standpoint. They say if the purpose of a thing is not known abuse is inevitable. This I have come to find out is very true if not an absolute. This makes me to understand that lack of defined purpose or ignorance of defined purpose is proportional to little or no productivity. This is the plague that our 21st century world is burdened with. We complain of how so much is going wrong and no one seems to be doing anything about it, so we are ignorantly conned into thinking the problem is one of roles (people not doing what they are supposed to do) instead of the faulty foundation of purposelessness we chose to build our lives on. This problem may not be one that is generally accepted but it has eaten deep into the cores of our very social structures that it can no more be ignored.

So then what is Purpose:

reason for existence: the reason for which something exists or for which it has been done or made
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

For as much as I know this is true. However, it is quite disturbing that this topic receives as much neglect in our present generation. You see we are able to master technology and we know what to use for what but we seem totally unaware of the purpose of our own existence and we don’t seem a bit perturbed or bothered.

Let me try and put it this way, every part of your body has a purpose and by that I mean a specific use or contribution to the sustenance of your body. Now, does it make sense that all these parts would be put together ever so perfectly for no just cause or as I would like to say no defined purpose? I doubt that.

The same goes for your unique set of natural endowments or talents. You may not know this or you may not agree totally with my thesis but you can do what you can do for a certain, very specific purpose. You see, the world is a system much like your human body. It has many parts of which you’re one and though not all parts can be seen on the outside, every part plays very important roles that make the system whole and effective. You are not like everyone else. You have your unique set of abilities and your unique goal to reach using those abilities. This in essence means that not every Tom, Dick and Harry that can sing well should end up on a stage as a rock star. This is not a function of fate alone but of desired purpose. Get this straight God created you to achieve a goal and your talents they are only tools you’re going to require in fulfilling that all important goal for which you were created in the first place.

This is very important for you to understand ‘cos no matter how good your intentions are if you are operating outside the grid lines God set for you in the blue prints of His master plan for your life you’d be doing a whole lot of wrong to this world and not even know it.

I know you’ve got the talent but with that comes a responsibility to not only discover this uniqueness about you but to also know why and what goal you are meant to achieve with them. A friend mine said

“the difference between the employee and the employer is that the employee knows how but the employer knows why”

God bless y’all. Have a great day

-Ezeonyeka Godswill