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    God, not ourselves, is the starting point for discovering life's purpose. We were created by God and for God, to be used for his purposes. To find our origin, identity, meaning and destiny, we must understand that we exist because God wills it and turn to him and his word rather than looking within or relying on worldly wisdom. Our lives have significance only in the context of God's larger, eternal purposes.

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    God, not ourselves, is the starting point for discovering life's purpose. We were created by God and for God, to be used for his purposes. To find our origin, identity, meaning and destiny, we must understand that we exist because God wills it and turn to him and his word rather than looking within or relying on worldly wisdom. Our lives have significance only in the context of God's larger, eternal purposes.

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    God, not ourselves, is the starting point for discovering life's purpose. We were created by God and for God, to be used for his purposes. To find our origin, identity, meaning and destiny, we must understand that we exist because God wills it and turn to him and his word rather than looking within or relying on worldly wisdom. Our lives have significance only in the context of God's larger, eternal purposes.

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    Colossians 1:16 New International Version (NIV)

    16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
    whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through
    him and for him.

    The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind,
    or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest
    dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must
    begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.
    The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because
    we typically begin at the wrong starting point – ourselves. We ask self-centered questions
    like what do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions,
    my dreams, my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose. The
    Bible says, “It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone is in his power.”

    Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won’t discover your
    life’s meaning by looking within yourself. You’ve probably tried that already. You didn’t
    create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed
    you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn’t know its purpose, and the
    invention itself wouldn’t be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner’s manual
    could reveal its purpose.

    I once get lost in the mountains. When I stopped to ask for directions to the campsite, I was
    told “you can get there from here. You must start from the other side of the mountain.” In
    the same way, you cannot arrive at your life’s purpose by starting with a focus on yourself.
    You must begin with God, your creator. You exist only because God wills that you exist. You
    were made by God and for God – until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is
    only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our
    significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

    Many people try to use God for their own self-actualization, but that is a reversal of nature
    and is doomed to failure. You were made for God, not vice-versa, and life is about letting God
    use you for his purposes, not your using for your own purpose. The Bible says, “Obsession
    with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a
    spacious, free life.

    God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it. To discover your purpose in
    life you must turn to God’s word, not the world’s wisdom. You must build your life on eternal
    truths, not on success-motivation, or inspirational stories.

    1. You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ

    2. God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him.

    3. The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God designed for
    eternity.

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