IF IT WASN’T FOR JESUS, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DISCOVERED OUR PURPOSE!

There is one thing I know with absolute certainty: IF IT WASN’T FOR JESUS, WE WOULD NOT BE WHO WE ARE TODAY!

Where would we be? What would our lives look like? What would we be living for?
So many people spend their entire lives searching for purpose, chasing success, pursuing recognition, and trying to find meaning in things that can never truly satisfy their souls.
But everything changes when you encounter JESUS!
He doesn’t just forgive your past. He gives your life a new direction. He doesn’t just rescue you from darkness. He calls you into His marvellous light. He doesn’t just give you another chance. He invites you into a relationship with Him and reveals a purpose far greater than anything you could have imagined.

OUR PURPOSE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE BUILT AROUND OURSELVES. IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE FOUND IN HIM!

Before Jesus, we may have had dreams, ambitions, plans, and personal agendas. But when we surrender our lives to Him, something shifts.
Suddenly, life is no longer about what we can get, what we can achieve, or how far we can climb.

IT BECOMES ABOUT HIM!
It’s about knowing Him, loving Him, serving Him, making Him known, and carrying His love, truth, and supernatural power into a world that desperately needs Him.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) reminds us that we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Read that again!
You are not an accident. Your life is not without meaning. God has created you with purpose, and that purpose is discovered as you walk with Him.
Maybe you have spent years wondering why you are here. Maybe you have been chasing things that left you empty. Maybe you have been trying to figure out your next step.
Let me remind you of something:

YOU DON’T FIND YOUR PURPOSE BY RUNNING AFTER THE WORLD. YOU DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE BY FOLLOWING JESUS!

The closer you get to Him, the clearer your purpose becomes. The more you surrender, the more He can work through your life.
We were saved for more than simply getting through another day. We were saved to shine His light, love people, preach the Gospel, reach the lost, pray for the broken, bring hope to the hopeless, and demonstrate the Kingdom of God wherever He sends us.
I don’t know where I would be if it wasn’t for Jesus, but I know this:

I DON’T WANT TO LIVE ONE SINGLE DAY OUTSIDE OF HIS PURPOSE!

My prayer is that we stop living distracted lives and start living surrendered lives. That we stop chasing the temporary and start pursuing the eternal.

There is a world waiting to hear about Jesus. There are people waiting for someone to tell them that they are loved, forgiven, and not forgotten.
And perhaps God wants to use YOU to reach them!
Don’t waste your life chasing everything except the One who gave you life.

JESUS IS NOT JUST PART OF OUR PURPOSE. HE IS THE REASON WE HAVE PURPOSE!
LIVE FOR HIM. FOLLOW HIM. MAKE HIM KNOWN.

And let your life become a testimony of His grace and supernatural power.

STAND FIRM. STAY FAITHFUL. NEVER GIVE UP!
WFCMI
Stephen de Beer
Raising Kingdom Warriors. Advancing the Kingdom