IDENTITY CRISIS AND PURPOSE DISCOVERY (5)
These are some questions you may like to ask on this issue of purpose discovery.
1√ Can someone have more than 1 purpose in life?
Purpose isn't a destination, it's an umbrella that covers what your whole life is about, and most times our purpose requires a channel.
While being a doctor is a channel of achieving purpose, being a doctor isn't purpose. The problem is that we sometimes mistake the channel for the purpose.
You can have various channels to achieve your purpose but purpose itself is encompassing.
For example, if God calls me to bring healing to vulnerable children, I can either decide to be a social worker or a doctor or whatever.
The profession I choose is the channel for my purpose to manifest.
2√ Is there a point where one can feel like purpose has completely been discovered?
Have you ever done something and you feel like noo! I'm not the one that did this?
That's because you are human, you are evolving and you will do things you never thought you could do.
You will continuously find areas in people's life where your purpose will come into play as long as you live.
That's why even people we think have made it keep doing things, because you can't just decide that you've discovered and achieved it all.
So you keep doing what your purpose aligns with as the porcupine keeps enlarging.
3√ What exactly is the first thing I should start doing now assuming I decide tonight to discover my purpose?
Start looking. Start looking at images that form in your mind. Start evaluating the things God brings to your mind.
Don't rush and don't be impatient. Look, keep praying, take notes, take steps, ask others what they feel enrages you, ask people how you've helped them before, keep looking, inwardly at what enrages or excites you, outwardly at what sufferings or ideas enrage or excite you.
Make it a commitment to look daily... Taking notes... You will be surprised at your progress.
4√ Is purpose different from passion?
Definitively, purpose refers simply to a reason or the reason why something exists.
Passion refers to a powerful emotion attached to something which in this case can be a belief system or an ambition.
When you attach passion to your purpose, the result would be explosive.
5√ Does my purpose necessarily have to be giving me money?
God gives purpose and he provides while you're on it.
The gift of a man maketh way for him, says the Bible. While some people's purposes give them money immediately, others may not. This one is left for God to decide.
We've come to the end of this series, thanks for sticking till the end.
•Identity Crisis and Purpose Discovery- 1
•Identity Crisis and Purpose Discovery- 2
•Identity Crisis and Purpose Discovery- 3
•Identity Crisis and Purpose Discovery- 4
•Identity Crisis and Purpose Discovery- 5
