If we believe we are made for a purpose, how do we figure that out? I think a lot of people are honestly trying to understand what God wants them to do, and others find an excuse to judge because they believe they know what God is telling them to do.
Psalm 37:4 is an oft quoted verse: 'Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.' NASB
So is it the things we should want, that are given? One could say that as we learn what abiding is and choose to want to abide. Or is that the things we think we are entitled to? Well, obviously not on my blog.
I think it's even more though. I think there is our purpose, what gives us joy as we do what we love, that is encoded in us from our soul, our genes, our growing years, our parents and friends, that comes to define who we are. I don't think we can intellectually understand our 'desires' then without a good dose of subjectivity. It's not going to be on a memo from above. As we learn to trust, we are forced to be open up and be self aware of what we are doing, what we are responsible for, and maybe most importantly, what we aren't. We are then able to choose more and more what we will do.
As we choose to do the things that add life and liveliness to our daily lives, and the lives of others, we are abiding, which means we end up defining for ourselves what our purpose is going to be.
Doesn't that mean that God didn't make us for a purpose? No, it means that God is involved in every moment of your journey, to understand your purpose.
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