Currently, we’re in a new message series entitled “Why Am I Here?” This is the most important question of life and in many ways it is the most difficult question of life. Where can you go to find the answer to that question? Can science find the answer to the question “Why Are You Here?” I don’t think so. Can philosophers find the question to that question? They haven’t agreed yet. Can you find the answer to that question by looking deep inside your soul? No, you can’t. The only way you can find an answer to the question of “Why Am I Here?” is to look to your creator, your intelligent designer, God Himself.
God has chosen to reveal who He is and why He created us. He has done it in a book called the Bible, which calls itself God’s Word. In this series, we are going to begin to explore God’s purpose for our lives. God’s purpose for our lives is a very big topic and I intend to explore it depth for the rest of 2006 in my messages. To get the most out of these messages, I would like to encourage you to read or re-read a book called “The Purpose Driven Life.” This book is filled with Scripture, almost 1000 verses and will help you see the biblical framework that describes your purpose in life. Most weeks, I will suggest a chapter for you to read in the book that will correlate with my message. This week please read chapter 2 entitled “You Are Not An Accident.”
Our Life Groups will also be exploring the topic of God’s purpose for your life. In January, our Life Groups will be using a new video driven small group curriculum on The Purpose Driven Life. Study guides for the first series called “What On Earth Am I Here For?” are available from life group leaders this week. Life groups are for everybody. They will help you grow in God, they will help you in every area of your life to discover and live out God’s purpose.
My message title today is “You Were Created For Purpose.” A lot of people don’t believe they were created for purpose. A lot of people don’t like themselves or aspects of themselves, they think they are an accident. Many people believe that some types of people have no value, no purpose, their lives have no meaning, they are a burden on society, they are expendable. If your thinking is not shaped by a biblical worldview, it becomes very warped and that warped thinking causes great problems in people’s lives.
The Bible says in NIV Psalm 138:8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me. God has a purpose for you. He wants to fulfill His purpose in and through your life. God has a purpose for every person that is conceived, that He creates and He wants to take care of you. NIV Isaiah 46:4 I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. God created you for purpose and when that truth begins to settle deep into your mind and heart, your thinking will change from those all around you. You will begin to think of yourself and others as God thinks of them. You will place yourself in a place to be carried and sustained by God Himself.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my January 8, 2006 message entitled You Were Created For Purpose