Nine years ago I was flying to Arizona for a weeklong training session for Edward Jones when I was a Financial Advisor for them. I sat next to a lady who was writing in her notebook. We got to talking, like I often do on flights, and she said she was a professional writer. I remember saying, “I’ve always wished I could be a writer”. That was nearly a decade ago, and today God has given me the opportunity to write. Who knew God would call me to the very thing I said I wished I could be.
This is a great example of speaking out your desires and future. Our words have so much power and if we use them in a wise way, we can change the world.
I was recently in Guatemala on a mission trip with our youth group. One of the leaders from the non-profit organization, Casa Alleluia, where we lodged, gave his testimony. He said before he was called to full time missions in another country, he continually told God he was willing to go anywhere and do anything for Him. He was in college and dreamed of being a coach. He played college ball and was about to graduate. He was asked by his dad to go with him to Guatemala to help on the next mission trip. He didn’t want to take time out of his schedule to go, but his dad booked the flights and they went. He said God spoke to him and told him this was his calling. After going back home and praying about it, he decided to obey God and moved there full-time and left his dream of being a coach behind. It’s been a life changing ten years now that he’s been there and all he did was tell God he was willing to do anything for Him.
I did the same thing four years ago. I knew God had a greater purpose for me, so I began to tell Him, I am willing. It’s been a journey, but I look back and see the value and reason in each season I went through to get where I am today.
God has a greater purpose for everyone who is available and willing.
If you are yearning to find your God-given purpose in life, here are four steps that will help you get on your way:
1. Be in sync with God.
One way we can stay in sync with our Father, is through continuous communication. If there is not communication, you stop gaining wisdom. This creates indifference and you will begin to drift away from His instructions.
2. Be willing to obey each small step.
Start sharing your faith and trust in Christ by doing and modeling what He says to you. I was talking with a friend at church about my son, Caleb. She had been praying for him from a prayer request my husband requested a few months ago. As we were talking about him she saw the hurt in my eyes and she just said, let’s pray right now. She prayed over him, our family, and me. It was exactly what I needed at that moment.
It was Easter and the church was packed, she is on staff and could have easily let that distract her from making time to pray. But, since she decided to obey God’s instruction to pray over us, I believe that set in motion the restoration in Caleb. That simple act of obedience will bring another step to follow and another, until we see the big picture come to pass from that first small step.
3. Don’t allow fear to seep in.
Allow God’s perfect love to cast out all fear. If I love with God’s love, He will take care of the rest. When you start to have fear about your calling the enemy will try to come in and steal your passion by putting doubt in your mind. That is why you must protect your mind with the helmet of salvation. We must keep His word front and center. We must be thinking about it, be able to quote it.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7
4. Take action with confidence.
James 2:20 says, “…faith without works is dead”. We must follow up with action if we truly want to please God and live out our destiny. What action steps are you willing to take right now to go one step further in faith to being obedient to God’s calling?
Please share and email me the steps you are planning on taking for accountability.
With Love & Blessings,
Nikki Wright, Life Coach
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