Your Purpose

"Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5 :8

Webster defines purpose as this: intended or desired result determination resoluteness resolve intentionally

So often we unintentionally take the role of bystander in our lives. We may hope for the best but we accept what ever happens as "well that's just the way it was meant to be" or "it must have been Gods will."

When we accept Jesus as our Savior and we make Him Lord of our lives we can no longer just be spectators. We have entered the ranks of soldier. Though this is not our battle we are still called to fight. And what is this fight? It is spiritual warfare. Why else would we be instructed to put on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6 :11) if we were not called into battle? Stand firm against the tricks of the devil.

My sister, the devil is not all knowing, but he is clever. He is a trickster. He knows what makes you tick. He knows how to get under your skin and make you feel defeated. He doesn't care if you are a born again Christian, he just wants you to be an ineffective Christian. He knows if he attacks you and you fall for it, you will not be bold in your faith or your witness. All he wants to do is plant a little seed of doubt. But God said faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains.

So, how do we fight that attacks of the enemy?

1. Prayer! Pray at all times and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 6 :18
2. Fellowship! Where two or three are gathered together because they are His, He is there among them. Matthew 18 :20
3. Read the Bible! You must know His word. For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our inner most thoughts and desires. Hebrews 4 :12
4. Confession! If we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. 1 John 1 :9 The devil likes secrets. Secrets live in darkness. Jesus brings light! Confession will silence the devil, because then he will have nothing on you.
5. Love! The greatest love is shown when people lay their lives down for their friends John 15 :13. You may never be called to lay your physical life down, but are you willing to be inconvenienced? Can you pray with and for someone into the midnight hour? Are you willing to step out of your own comfort zone?

I will ask again. What is your purpose? You are purposed to be more than conquerors through Him who loved us Romans 8 :37

I challenge you now, get up! Arise! Come away from the depression, addiction,unholy relationship, lethargy, whatever is holding you back and take your rightful place as joint heirs with Christ. God says no more! The devil must stop manhandling His daughters!

Assignment: Find a prayer partner. Someone who is strong in faith and you trust. Agree to be accountable to one another and pray like warriors. true warriors fight on their knees.

Prayer & Meditation: Show me anything in me that hinders my prayers. Lead me in your way, O' God. In all I do, I will acknowledge You first. Let Your will be done in my life and in this earth, in me and through me, I submit to you.