Some Christians ask the pastors: "How do I find my space in the church? Where do I find myself and how do I find that place? "There is a question in relation to it, which is not frequently asked (and perhaps should be asked), and is:" How do I discover my purpose in life? "
There are two important principles that will help you discern your purpose in life:
• Its purpose is found in the will of God.
• His purpose is found in the search for God.
Obedience to the will of God and the search for God are the proper context to discern God's purpose.
They are the necessary conditions that must be reached first.
His purpose is found in the Will of God
[God] who has saved us and called us with a holy call, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and according to the grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus from eternity, (2 Timothy 1: 9)
God saved you according to His purpose - not yours.
The purpose of God will be understood by those whose first desire is to know the will of God and obey it. Sometimes we struggle with this. We ask God what His will is, but in our hearts we have not yet fully determined that we will obey Him if He asks us to do something we do not want to do.
When we present God to our life as a living sacrifice, it is when we understand His purpose. Just after struggling with our own will and selfish purposes, when God breaks us and crucifies us, making us like the Lord Jesus, bending our will to surrender to Him, is when we put our life in the place in which God can fulfill His purpose through us (see Gen. 32: 24-32).
Furthermore, God's plan is not to show us what His will is and then we should retire to fight to do it with our own strength and with our wisdom. God's way is through union with Jesus in His death and resurrection. In union with Jesus, His purpose becomes our purpose, and His life, strength and wisdom become our life, strength and wisdom. Then we can fulfill His purpose in His way, by His grace, in His strength, for His glory. That is what God wants.