Thursday, 9th January, 2025

Bible Reading: Proverbs 3: 5-6

Memory Verse: Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.  Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

Now, specifically how do you discover God’s purpose for your life:

1. Be Desperate for the Will, Purpose and Plan of God (Hos. 6:3; Phil. 3:12; Hab. 2:1; Matt. 11:12): When there is restlessness to know your purpose for living, then knowing your purpose is inevitable. When your desire is on fire for the purpose of your creation, then that purpose must be arrested. When there is a refusal to be satisfied with the status quo, then you are at the verge of purpose. Desperation is gateway to revelation; things are not revealed to the casual, things are revealed to the desperate. Revelation follows desperation; insight follows interest. Desperation is the birthplace of revelation. When you have decided that it is compulsory to know where to direct your life’s energy, resources and abilities, then purpose must be known. Everything that must be taken in the realm of the spirit must be taken by force (Matt. 11:12). You don’t get out of life what you deserve, you get out of life what you demand.

2. Be neutral in your state of mind having no idol in the matter of God’s purpose for your life (Prov. 3:5-6; Matt. 26:42; Rom. 12:1-2): The plan of God is easy to know when you don’t have a choice in the matter. The Will of God can only be found where the will of man is lost. The Will of God can only be located where the will of man is abdicated. When you allow your will to be swallowed by the Will of God then you are at the verge of purpose. There is the good will, the acceptable will and the perfect will of God. It is easy to know the Will of God when your agenda does not conflict with the Will of God. The creature can never know more than the Creator; God’s perfect will for you is better than your perfect will for yourself. Until you come with a neutral mind free from any ambition or idol in your heart, you cannot truely discover God’s purpose for your life. Many only want God to rubber stamp the idol (ambition) in their heart.

3. Prayer of Enquiry (Jer. 6:16; 1 Sam. 30:8; Jer. 33:3; Heb. 4:16; Matt. 7:7; 1 Sam. 30:8): Asking God questions in the place of prayer is the way of receiving answers from God; prayers unasked equals answers unreceived. Questions open the door to the world of answers. The asking of questions is a confirmation of helplessness and the helplessness of man provokes the Almightiness of God. The asking of questions is a confirmation of self-insufficiency and total dependency on God. Only people who ask questions are entitled to answers. Enquiry is a doorway to discovery; for those who enquire, God causes them to discover.

Quote:  Desperation, Neutrality, and Enquiry Prayers are gateways to discovering God’s purpose for your life.

Prophetic Decree: Let the door of purpose blast open for you, in Jesus name. 

Prayer Focus 

1. Year 2025, hear the voice of God, reveal God’s purpose for my life, in Jesus name. 

2. I receive grace to be desperate to know God’s purpose for my life, in Jesus name. 

3. Holy Spirit, free my mind from vain glory, self-ambition and pride as I pursue the discovery of my purpose, in Jesus name. 

4. Holy Spirit, circumcise my heart today, in Jesus name. 

5. I receive grace to pray a prayer of enquiry in search of God’s purpose for my life, in Jesus name. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Job 21-23