Session 4

Purpose

From Identity Crisis

You know that terrible feeling of “I don’t know what I want to do with my life”?

Those times when you question every aspect of who you want to be and what you want to be doing? When you start to look at your surroundings and the decisions you’ve made and wonder if you’re just missing the point. Like your life is running you instead of the other way around.

Then the anxiety creeps in. Oh no. Time to either a) shut down b) figure it out alone c) cry d) all of the above.

(Everybody breathe)

“The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.
Commit your work to the Lord,
and your plans will be established.
The Lord has made everything for its purpose…” Proverbs 16:1-4a

Living a life where all your focus is on who you are and what you’re doing is exhausting, because who you are is not meant to be defined by you in the first place. It’s God that made you for a specific purpose. Remember you have to listen to what God says, “commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” 

Q: What is the last thing that God told you to do? That’s your next step.
Q: Who is somebody you know that listens to Jesus on a consistent basis? Ask them about how they do that.