18 Oct They’re On Your Head (Quit trying to find your purpose and let your purpose find you) PART 5

Have you ever been searching for your glasses and could not find them anywhere?  After an extensive search, out of desperation you finally ask your spouse, “Have you seen my glasses?!”  To which she glibly responds, “They’re on your head!”  All this time you were looking for something you couldn’t see but yet was in very close proximity!

Let’s review!

Over the past few weeks I have shared 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. 

The Bible tells us in Psalm 92:13, “Those that are planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of our God.”  There are people who are faithful in one spot, and active and fruitful in that one spot.  They are “planted” not “potted.”  “Potted” plants can go anywhere but their roots never spread out and flourish.  “Planted” trees spread out their roots and can’t be easily toppled in a storm.  They can grow tall and their branches can provide shade for so many!

In order to discover the will of God for our lives, we must bloom where we are planted!  We must be faithful where we are!  The Word of God puts a premium on faithfulness. 

Let’s reveiw last week’s powerful scriptures on faithfulness:

“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” (Luke 16:10-12)

“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;“ (I Timothy 1:12)

“ For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (II Timothy 2:2)

“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2)

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” (Proverbs 28:20)

Quit searching for the elusive will of God and BE FAITHFUL RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!  After all, what you’ve been searching for could already be right on your head!  

This week we continue with…

“10 Faithfulness Facets”:

 1.) Life is connected

We have a lotto mentality in America.  One day my “ship will come in.”  “Everything will be different this year.”  We eagerly hope as the calendar turns to January 1.  However, hope is not a strategy.  So many of us have uphill hopes but downhill habits.

2.) The decisions you make today directly affect your tomorrow

God is not mocked, that which we sow we also reap” (see Gal. 6:7).  Better days don’t come up magically.  Better days come up faithfully.

3.) Your faithfulness today qualifies you for a better tomorrow

Never belittle the little!  Every great door swings from a small hinge.  Every great storm begins with a small cloud.  The only great Savior began as a baby in the manger.

4.) Your unfaithfulness today disqualifies you for a better tomorrow

It is never the nine to five worker who complains about every hour that gets to be CEO.  It’s never the private who complains about every push up that gets to be a general.

5.) God will always give you an assignment smaller than your gift

Why?  Because He cares more about your character than your gift.  A man’s character is always more important than his gift.  Your gift will open doors for you.  Your character will keep you in the room!

Join us next week we as we continue in our series…