20 Sep They’re On Your Head (Quit trying to find your purpose and let your purpose find you) PART 2

Last week I began sharing that when I think back on my early years of desiring to be in ministry, it looked like nothing would ever open up for me.  However, I knew God had called me to my local church for a long season, so I just decided to be faithful right where I was!  Finally a ministry job opened up for me there at my local church but it only paid $5/hour and I was 26 years old!  However, I gladly took it and faithfully served there at my local church for $5/hour for two years until I got married.  I am so thankful to God that Anne was willing to marry a 28-year-old man making $5/hour!

When it came to both my mate and my ministry, this principle was so true:  When I searched for the will of God, it was always elusive.  When I was faithful where I was…the will of God found me!

The Bible tells us, “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.  And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.  And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.  And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.  And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man” (Gen. 2:15-22).

Of course this is the story of God’s first “Bachelor and Bachelorette,” but you can find a biblical pattern here that will speak powerfully to you today!

Please allow me to share with you “Four Destiny Discoveries”:

      1. Get a job (Gen. 2:15,20)

In other words, Adam was being faithful right where he was.  His assignment was to tend and keep (the Hebrew word here means “guard”) the garden and then to name all the animals.  This was quite the assignment but Adam was being faithful right where he was!

      2. Go to sleep (Gen. 2:21)

Of course Adam was physically sleeping, but this is a type and shadow of you and me resting in God (see Psalm 32:1-9) and trust in Him even when we can’t see our “mate or ministry.”

      3. Let God create His plan FOR you (Gen. 2:21-22)

Destiny is not to be decided, it is to be discovered.  God has a wonderful plan for your life, just not a wonderful life for YOUR plan!

      4. Let God bring His plan TO you (Gen. 2:21-22)

If you will bloom where you are planted, you will harvest the will of God in your life!

This pattern in Genesis is a beautiful template for any major portion of the will of God for your life. 

Join us next week as we continue in this series…