Discover Your PurposeSample

Being prepared for your calling is like going to a pizzeria. I’m talking about a real pizza place where they make the pies on the spot. It all starts with a ball of dough. They roll the dough, pressing and mashing it. Then they start pounding on it. After banging it around for a while, they start throwing it up in the air and twirling it. That dough goes through a whole lot so that you and I can have the pleasure of eating it. 

But when you go to a pizzeria, you don’t ask for dough. You want the good stuff. You want the sauce, the cheese, and maybe some meat or veggies on top. Everyone wants the good stuff, but you can’t get the good stuff until the dough has been prepared. In the same way, one has to be prepared for  their calling. Sometimes, our preparation starts with some pressing and some mashing. Sometimes it means being tossed around or banged up for a little while. But this is only in preparation for the good stuff.

Throughout life’s bumps and bruises, God is preparing you for the perfect destiny He has created you to live out. Yet how well you respond to those bumps and bruises may have an impact on how quickly you reach your destiny. It’s easy to give up, throw in the towel and walk away when life’s challenges seem pointless or too painful. But if you will keep your eyes focused on the purpose, not the pain, God will use it for your good and His glory. He works all things together for good when you love Him and live according to your calling. There is no such thing as wasted pain or experiences when you are a child of the King. 

Keep your eyes focused on the destination – the end result – and you will find the strength for the journey that takes you there. You have a glorious destiny to discover and live out. 

Prayer: 

Father in heaven, remind me in those moments, hours, days, weeks, months or even years of preparation that You have a good plan and purpose for my life. Give me the grace to trust You in it all so that I do not waste time in learning and re-learning the same lessons I need to know in order to fully carry out my destiny.