When Your Purpose Is Your Priority


"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." (Ps. 139:16)

  1. God CREATED you.
     "But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!'" (Is. 43:1)

    • God ADOPTED you;
      "But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)." (Eph. 2:4-5)

    • Your purpose will be defined by the DEGREE of your love for Him.
      "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." (Eph. 5:1-2)

      • Requires a life of SACRIFICE;
        "For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps." (1 Pet. 2:21)

    • Life's purpose: PREPARATION for eternity.
      "For many walk... that... are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;" (Phil. 3:18-20)

      "For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them." (Rev. 7:15)