Baptist’s passion was to prepare the way for
the Messiah. Paul’s passion was to preach the
gospel to the Gentiles. What is your passion?
A Sense of Accomplishment and Fulfillment
If you are motivated to do something in
particular, and it gives you a feeling of
accomplishment, this is a further indicator of
your purpose. When your work or any other
activity does not lead to a sense of fulfillment,
then that is a sign you are not in your purpose.
Start observing the activities in your life that
cause you to feel fulfilled. What activity fills
your heart with joy?
done something about it. For example, if you see
people living on the street, without any food to
eat, and you feel that you need to help remedy
this situation, you have identified your purpose
of helping the homeless. If you see people who
don’t know God, and you feel you have do
something to show them the way to the Father,
you have identified your purpose of teaching
or evangelizing. If you see the devastation that
results from broken homes, and you feel you
must bring hope in such situations, then you have
identified your purpose of restoring families.
What burdens you? If you identify your divine
burden, you will identify your purpose.
Supernatural Grace to Accomplish Something
A Divine Burden
I define a “divine burden” as an obligation that
leads us to perform an action. It is a situation
that we cannot bear, and feel we must resolve.
We take it on and do not stop until we have
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We need to diligently pursue our purpose, but
we don’t have to strive to do it because we will
receive God’s supernatural grace for it. If there is a
task that is generally considered difficult, but you
find easy to do, this means that you are working