The Guiding Light: Finding My Purpose!

THE GUIDING LIGHT… HOW DO I DEFINE MY PURPOSE? (This is a two part lesson)

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

I use a compass, hourglass, shofar.

TODAY’S LESSON HAS SEVERAL MAIN CHARACTERS :

*DAVID (The King of Israel); *JOAB (The mighty general); *NATHAN ( The preacher, prophet); *ABSALOM (David’s good looking, rebellious, troubled son, cut his hair once a year); *CUSHI (The faithful but slow worker); *AHIMAAZ (The type of a good worker but he was clueless, aimless to fulfil his duty)

TIME IS SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY. THE DAILY SHOW DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. This highly suggests time is filled with swift transitions will swiftly pass by. As the sand is the hour glass is limited so our time on earth is limited.

PURPOSE: THE GUIDING LIGHT is a person that is a source of inspiration and has been a positive influence on people.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

PURPOSE: JAMES WAS JESUS HALF BROTHER… JAMES HAD A REAL LESSON… HEARER… DREAMER VS DOER!

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE. *1. HEARERS THAT DO NOTHING; *2. DOERS THAT WILL NOT LISTEN; *3. LISTENERS THEN DOERS.

THERE HAS BEEN MANY QUESTIONS OF LIFE? 1. What is truth? 2. What is the purpose of human existence? What kind of mark will I leave behind? 3. WHOSE PURPOSE WILL WE FOLLOW? The enemy? Mine? God’s? 4. Can I make a difference? 5. Will I be an agent of hope and joy?

*PURPOSE: To stay focused, THE REASON FOR WHICH SOMETHING IS CREATED. To aim, intention, decisions based on goals. We need short term goals! We need LONG TERM GOALS!

*MOTIVATION: enthusiasm, energy, the reasons one acts in a particular way, your behavior, willingness, desire, set a goal, competition, direction, persistence,

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GETS GOING --- IS NOT THE TRUTH. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE FACE A CHALLENGED, WE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO THROW UP OUR HANDS AND QUIT. ALL HUMANS NEED A CLEAR PURPOSE TO DIRECT ONE TO STAY FOCUSED AND MOTIVATED.

HOW LONG CAN AN EAGLE FLY WITHOUT FLAPPING IT’S WINGS?

The eagle is like any other bird that has to flap their wings to get airborne. Theoretically an eagle could fly forever without flapping its wings. The eagle has adapted to soaring on rising air thermals. The eagle can fly 6 to 8 hours by riding thermals, much like a glider.

PURPOSE: WHAT METHOD SHALL WE USE TO FIND THE DIRECTION AND PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE? WHO WILL DETERMINE TRUTH? SOCIETY? SCHOOL? CHURCH? THE BIBLE? WE NEED A COMPASS TO GIVE US A SENSE OF DIRECTION… SOCIETY NEEDS A WAY TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.

Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

PURPOSE: WE NEED LIGHT HOUSES… WE NEED A CLEAR SENSE OF DIRECTION…

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Are we like a ship without a COMPASS? Do we just drift from here to there?

There was a million gallon tanker transporting crude oil was passing through dangerous waters. The tactical radio aboard the ship, heard a warning… immediately change your course, immediately change your course. The captain of the vessel replied: You don’t know how big our ship is… YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE NOW. The radio was silent for a minute… the voice on the other side of the radio came back… NO, YOU DOWN UNDERSTAND, THIS IS THE LIGHTHOUSE COMMANDING YOU TO CHANGE COURSE OF DIRECTION OR YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER… DO IT NOW!