In our previous meditation, we have the recommendation to live intentionally in view of the coming judgment. I suppose that intentional living will begin with discovery of purpose. God created us with certain purposes in mind. We are not a product of accident, but of a careful design meant to fulfill certain ends of our creator. However, many people have not been able to figure out how to understand their peculiar purpose as distinguished from other people’s purposes. As we can see from our text, these purposes predates our births.
“…no one can understand his or her purpose without connecting with God who is the author of all things.”
As we said earlier, understanding of purpose is the beginning of intentional living. What remains to be said is that no one can understand his or her purpose without connecting with God who is the author of all things. Those who will comprehend their purposes in God will have to pray personally. This is not what you tell your parents or pastors to do for you. You need to do the asking. Nehemiah was in Shushan the palace when he heard the pitiable condition of the Jewish returnees to Jerusalem. He also learned of the deplorable state of the city wall and the temple. He immediately took to praying. “So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4, NKJV). Nehemiah would later testify of “…what my God had put in my heart to do” (Nehemiah 2:12). When did God put the idea in his heart? It was during those times of praying and fasting. As it were, those who pray and fast prepare their spiritual womb to receive the seed of God which they incubate and eventually birth into the world.
