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when they were growing up. They now feared they had wasted too many years trying to ?gure out what they were supposed to be doing and missed the purpose God had for their lives. I encouraged them with this good news. “No matter how far off the path you have gotten from the plans and purposes God has for you, when you surrender your life to the Lord and declare your utter dependence upon Him, He carves a path from where you are to where you are supposed to be, and He sets you on it. It may take you longer than it would have taken had you been on the right path from the beginning, but if you keep walking closely with God, He will get you where you are supposed to be.” Don’t ever think it’s too late for you. The Bible says, “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). That means the gifts and abilities He gives to you He doesn’t take back. They won’t be recalled, repealed, or annulled. You will always have your gifts. However, this is not true of the anointing. The anointing is the presence and touch of God upon your gifts that gives them supernatural power to penetrate darkness and bring life and light. This spiritual touch of the Holy Spirit can be lost through sin without repentance. We’ve all seen people who have fallen into immorality, yet they kept on using their gifts without recognizing that the anointing was gone. They had been so deceived and their sin had so blinded them that they didn’t even realize what it was they had lost.
Everyone Has a Purpose
Each one of us has a purpose in the Lord. But many of us don’t realize that. And when we don’t have an accurate understanding of our identity, we either strive to be like someone else or something we’re not. We compare ourselves to others and feel as though we always fall short.