If you don’t live your Dream,
someone else will live it for you……..
A man who lives a life of purpose
is self-motivated; he doesn’t wait for anyone to motivate him he wakes up daily
with so much joy and energy ready to go. He has an undefeated mentality; he sees
himself as architect of his own destiny. He doesn’t envy people and he is not
intimidated. The way he walks, work and speak express self-confidence that he
has in himself. He understands that every man is made for different purpose. He
is willing to help others to reach their goal also. A purpose-driven man has a
short and a long term goal.
His short term goal(s) is guided by a daily “to do
list”, he lists those things that he needs to achieve and he goes after them in
order of priority. One More thing he does, he prioritize is objective that is,
he ensure that he list them in order of importance the reason for this, is that
their certain things we achieve in life that settle other things forever the
bible says “seek ye first the kingdom of God and every other things shall be
added unto thee” it is a principle when you seek the kingdom, when you give
your life to JESUS when you become genuinely born again, when you obey divine
instructions. Good health, prosperity, long life, peace, favour, blessing etc
shall be added.
Qualities of a Purpose Driven
Man.
1.
Vision: Habakkuk 2:2-3 says “And the LORD answered me,
and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may
run that readeth it. 3 For the vision
is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not
lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it
will not tarry. ” a purpose driven man has a vision, he knows what
he wants to become in 1year, 2years, 3years and 5years from now. What is
Vision? It is the divine purpose of creation of a man. It is God’s purpose of
creating a man. Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew
thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and
I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” My brother what is your purpose of
existence? Why are you here? What did God say he made you for? concerning Abraham Gen12:1-2 God “1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:” that
is why HE made him, Joseph the dreamer Gen 37:5-9. He ended up the second in
command in Egypt a strange land to save nations from hunger even his own
people. Gen 41:39-41 “39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath
showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according
unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be
greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, See, I
have set thee over all the land of Egypt”. That is why GOD made him. What did
God made you for? What is the major goal you will like to achieve in your life?
2.
Talent/Skills/Idea:
A man that is purpose driven identify and nature his talent and develop his
skill(s). David identified with song that is why he wrote the book of Psalm and
God recognized it HE called him a man after his heart because each time he
offended GOD he pleaded and sang to write off his debt. Someone introduced pure
water and move us from era of iced water to pure water, someone made bottled
water, someone came up with mobile phone to aid quick communication and
delivered us from long distance journey to see our loved ones and friends etc
just to deliver a message, someone saved us from addressing crowd by shouting
at the top of our voice, he introduced microphone and speaker. If you die today
what will you be remembered for? What talent? What skill? What idea? Will die
with you. Housman said “Every man should be ashamed to die until we make a
meaningful contribution to human kind” Many years ago I discovered I have this
talent to write and deliver speech, I could motivate people but, I had the
challenge of facing the crowd to deliver my speech then I started in my local
church with the teens church and graduated to teaching once in a while in the
adult church now I do better because I want to be remembered. One of my goals
in life is to get people out of their comfort zone and support them in
fulfilling their dreams through writing, public speaking etc.
3.
Hungry:
A man that is purpose driven is a hungry man, he wants to achieve is dream so
that he can touch lives. Meet other people need who cannot sincerely meet it.
He wants to be remembered JESUS “Mark 1:14-15”was hungry for soul winning, preaching
to people, prior to HIS arrival JOHN “Mark 1:4-5” the for-runner of JESUS was
hungry he preached and baptized people, Paul the apostle was hungry to reach
out to the world with the Gospel of our LORD, Peter, James, Pastor Enoch
Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo, Bishop T.D Jakes etc were hungry for soul
winning. Nothing gives a man that is purpose driven satisfaction and
fulfillment but his dream. Until you are hungry you cannot unleash the
greatness in you.
4.
Give:
A man that is purpose driven is a giver. When I talked about giving I’m not
only referring to monies and material possession but I’m referring to
knowledge, experience that you have and others are lacking. “Experience they
say cannot be bought “but experience can be shared. Some people find it
difficult to share their experience that could better the life of another,
forgetting that the purpose of knowledge is to be shared and the more you share
from the wealth of knowledge you have the more knowledgeable you become. A
purpose driven man share knowledge/experience needed by the receiver to help
such a fellow to achieve his dream also.
5.
Learn:
A purpose driven man is ever learning, he learn from others who have walked the
same path not to make same mistake they made, like the saying “it is good to
learn from other people mistake but painful to learn from your own mistake”.
The world is changing therefore any man that want to stay relevant must adapt
to change. Before now, we have to post letter and it takes day(s) for it arrive
at the destination but now, in just a click your mail is delivered to the
intended recipient in any part of the world that is the power of technology, imagine
a young man, walk up to you and says he cannot operate a computer, the fellow
will sound obsolete to you because it is assumed everyone should be able to use
the computer but you know what, the reality is not everyone that can truly use
the system. We live in a world where people limit themselves and fail to live
to realize their full potential. I had a privilege of teaching in an adult
school 2002/2004 there I discovered people who despite all odds they have faced
in their live still made it a choice to go further and learn. They did not
accept the stigma life tends to put on them as a result of not been able to go
to school at their early age in life; they made up their mind to be game
changers. I have met people who blame others for lack of their education but I
have a common question I always ask and that is “what then are you doing about
it”. Stop blaming people for your unpleasant situation because you are not the
only one experiencing it and it not ending with you so you have to do something
about it. If it is education go to school, if it is money render service(s),
whatever it is get over it and move on. Live is too short to live in self pity.
A purpose driven man knows that there is not end to learning it is a continuous
process. One of my long term goals is to keep learning till I die. Often time
people fail to learn because of pride. The fact that you ask what you do not
know does not make you weak in knowledge, it’s just that you want to stay
active and focused on your goal.
6.
Character:
A purpose driven man is a man of character; he is unshaken even when challenges
shows up he staggered not. Job1:6-22 God testified of the man Job and his
character was tested despite all he lost in one day Job remain resolute. David
encountered lion, bull and Goliath he overcame. A man of purpose sees beyond
his challenges, he sees victory ahead of problem.
7. Believe:
Lastly, A purpose driven man believe
in God. He believes all that a man is and all that he hopes to be he owes it to
GOD.
Author: Abiodun M. Adeyemo
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