God's Purpose For Your Life

GOD’S
PURPOSE
FOR
YOUR
LIFE
Okoye Uka
CONTENTS
Introduction
God needs you
Your gift
Your call
The place of God's word
In conclusion
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God’s Purpose for your life
INTRODUCTION
I feel greatly privileged to write on this topic, ‘God’s Purpose for Your Life’.
So many times, people ask, ‘what is my purpose on this earth?’, ‘what am I
called to do?’ It’s not wrong to ask such questions. In fact, it goes a long way to
show how devoted and focused a person is, or may wish to be.
Before I proceed, let me sound a note of advice. This book is purely written for
‘Born-again’ Christians. It is to enlighten ‘Born-again’ Christians, specifically.
You know, the things of God cannot be understood carnally. The promises,
purposes, and procedures of God only apply to the Believer (Gal_3:22, But the
scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ
might be given to them that believe. ; Eph_1:19, And what is the exceeding
greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his
mighty power). If applied otherwise, they can’t yield the expected result. So, if
you are not one, kindly hand over this book to a friend, who is, or you may
become one, now.
As we proceed, let me say this: God did not save you just to take you to heaven
at the end of this world. God could not have sent down His Son to this Earth, to
pass through so much pain, just to save us only for that reason. Come on! If it
were you, would you do that? He saved us because he is in desperate need of us.
That implies that once you got born-again, you committed yourself to be used
by God to achieve his purpose on the Earth. We will go deeper into this, in
further pages.
As born-again Christians, there are two extremes we emphasize, which apply in

this context. A number of us believe that once we get born-again, we struggle
to maintain holiness and chastity before God, while we keep waiting for
heaven. The second group believes that we were saved so as to eat the good of
the land to the fullest. Now, I won’t go deep into this, but a preacher once said
that prosperity messages (at the extreme) came as a result of too much
emphasis on ‘holiness unto God’, and that the result should be a balance
between the two extremes. The fact is that the most emphasis should be laid on
‘the purpose of God in our lives’, because someone once stated, ‘WHEN THE
PURPOSE OF A THING IS NOT KNOWN, ABUSE IS INEVITABLE’. If
every Christian can come to terms with the reality of the fact that God has a
purpose for his life, they will have less time for frivolous activities and the urge
to sin. As we all know, ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop’.
Many Christians, also, emphasize the issue of ‘son-ship’ in Christ, rather than
‘Servanthood’. If you read through the Bible, you’ll find out that God’s
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emphasis is on Servants, and not on Sons. On two occasions, Jesus talked about
two sons of a man; his emphasis was on the serving son.
Mat_21:28 – 30: But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came
to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and
said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the
second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
In the passage above, Jesus talked about two sons, one who obeyed (served) his
father, and the other, who disobeyed (did not serve) his father. Both were sons,
but the one who will be rewarded is the serving son. Sometimes, the Bible calls
them servants. These serving sons are those sons of God that go about doing
God’s purpose in their lives. Most of the blessings and promises, in the Bible,
belong to these serving sons. Get me! Son-ship is not the issue, Service is.
A favourite scriptural example is Isa_54:17- No weapon that is formed against

thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment
thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
So, you see! When you are serving God’s purpose, he puts in place so many
things for you. You have less things to worry about, and finally, you enter into
his rest, not just in Heaven, but here on the Earth.
Here is a vivid illustration of how many of us relate with God:

A rich man comes to a boy, who he adopted as a son, and tells him, ‘Son, in my
hand is the key to the big house over there. Come and do this job for me and
I’ll give you the key to the house, so that you can possess it’. Then, the son
leaves the work and runs to the house without the keys. Isn’t it stupid?
Shouldn’t he go after the man, do the job, and then have the key to the house?
Matt_6: 33(CEV) says, ‘But more than anything else, put God’s work first and
so what he wants. Then, the other things will be yours as well’.
In the same manner, many of us run after prosperity, success, the blessing of
God, instead of running after God and seeking to do his purpose, and then he
can bless us. Prosperity, wealth, success, etc, are only a reward from God to his
serving sons. Therefore, if you must get them from God, you must be prepared
for service to him. Don’t place the cart before the horse. Service comes before
a reward and not vice versa. Obedience begets blessing.

I cannot emphasize enough, the fact that God made you and has the best
purpose you can serve on this earth. He made you in his likeness, with creative
abilities, but in a particular field.
Therefore, in this book, without outlining methods, I want to guide you into
discovering God’s purpose for your life. I trust the Holy Spirit will interpret
these things in your mind and give you the ability to stay at the centre of God’s
purpose for you.
We’ll correlate the fact that ‘God needs you’ to ‘your gifts and calling’, and
then to ‘wealth’, ‘God’s time’, etc.
As you flip through the rest of the pages, may the Lord make you understand,
exactly, what he wants to pass across to you.

GOD NEEDS YOU
Isa_6:5-8, Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of

unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes
have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto
me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off
the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy
lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the
voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said
I, Here am I; send me.
In the passage above, we see Isaiah go through his salvation experience. What
next? He heard God making a request ‘is there anyone I can send? Will
someone go for us?’ The implication of this is that God saved him, so that, if he
was willing to subject himself, God would send him. It, also, applies to us.
Listen! Man is God’s extension on the Earth. If man does not make himself
available, God cannot do anything on the Earth. For everything God wants to
do on the Earth, he needs a man. The more every Christian stays away from his
purpose, the more we keep God stranded.
1Cor_12:27(CEV), Together you are the Body of Christ. Each one of you is
part of his body.
Eph_5:23, …Christ is the head of the church.
From these two scriptures, we deduce that the head is Christ, while we form the
rest of the body. Relating this to the human body, the head carries out its
activities through the other parts of the body- the hands, legs, fingers, teeth, etc.
In the same way, Christ carries out his activities on the Earth through us. If we
refrain from this, we make him handicapped.
I once heard of a true story of a great man of God, Kenneth Hagin. Jesus once
appeared to him and they got talking about some important issues. Suddenly, a
small demon stepped in between them and began to raise a smoke, making so
much noise. Kenneth kept straining to hear Jesus, and Jesus kept talking like
nothing was happening. The demon intensified the distraction, until Kenneth
became grieved and shouted at it to stop, then he rebuked it. At that moment, it
disappeared. Then he asked Jesus why de did nothing about the demon. To his
surprise, Jesus answered, ‘if you did not do anything, I couldn’t have done
anything’. Get my point! He rebuked the demon in the name of Jesus, yet Jesus
said He could have done nothing if Kenneth did not speak.

Can you see how useful you are to Jesus? How he waits upon you so that he
can affect the Earth positively? In fact, for this reason he put a phrase in the
Lord’s Prayer, ‘thy will be done on Earth as it is written in heaven’, because we
have to say it before he can act on this Earth. This desire of God for people is
not restricted to Preaching, Evangelism, etc. He wants to use us,also, in
Business, Politics, Engineering, Tailoring, Medicine, Hair-dressing, to name
but a few. Even the whole creature is expecting and waiting for your
manifestation. They groan in pain awaiting you. The funny thing is that if you
fail to manifest, you delay the person who is to take over from where you stop,
just like in a relay race. For instance, how would Thomas Edison have invented
the Electric bulb, if Michael Faraday refused to invent Electricity?
Permit me to quote an excerpt from a great movie I once watched.
‘OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE.

OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND
MEASURE.
WE ASK OURSELVES, ‘WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS,
TALENTED AND FABULOUS?’
ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS
WITHIN US.
AND AS WE LET OUR OWN LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY
GIVE OTHER PEOPLE THE PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME.’
Like I said, God needs you. He wants to use you in many ramifications. All you
need to do, like Isaiah, is to yield yourself to his purpose, whatever it is. Even if
it is something you naturally hate, just obey him. The night before Jesus was to
be crucified, he told his Father in the Garden, ‘See, Dad, I don’t like the cross.
But not my will, your will be done’ (paraphrasing). That is, it is not wrong to
tell God that you hate a thing. The important thing is to obey him, willingly,
because you are not of your own. He bought you with a special price, the
Blood, to serve that particular purpose he reserved for you. Therefore, you are
indebted to him. Look at the illustration below.
Mat_21:28-30, But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came
to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and
said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the
second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
You’ll find out that the first son actually said to his father, ‘I will not’,
probably, trying to convey the fact that he did not like the job, to his father.
Anyway, he still did it, in line with his father’s desire. The truth is that when

you let him know your stance, he gives you the grace to carry it out, so that you
don’t need to like or dislike it. At the long run, you’ll find out that his purpose
is the best thing that could have happened to you. The purpose of God is good,
acceptable and perfect for you (Rom_12:2). The issue with God is not exactly
where you are going to but your readiness to go to that place. Don’t go to God
with preconceived ideas; rather, go with the readiness to do his own purpose.
When he sees your love for him and for his work, then he begins to conceive
great ideas in your mind, in line with his purpose. Go to him with ‘surrendered-
ness’, that is, ‘not my will, but yours be done’. My favourite illustration is
about a man who gave his life to God, and then God said he would go to China,
probably as a missionary. The man hated China, so much that he deserted God,
since God’s plan for him centred on China. This happened repeatedly, until,
finally, he came back to God and said, ‘O.K. If it is China, I will go. China,
here I come’. Then, the Holy Spirit told him, ‘you will not go to China. I just
wanted to bring you to the point of willingness to do whatever I say’.
Let this sink into your subconscious that God is watching out for you to come
to the point of ‘not my will, but yours be done’, before he unleashes himself to
this world, through you.
On a final note for this chapter, I want you to begin to see yourself as one of
God’s choicest Generals, and that is why he has reserved you for this end time.
Allow him, and let him take you places. He needs you so bad:
Luk_10:2, Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the
labourers are few…
Eze_22:30, And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the
hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it:
but I found none.

YOUR GIFT
Exo_31:1-6 (CEV), The Lord said to Moses: I have chosen Bezalel from the
Judah tribe to make the sacred tent and its furnishings. Not only have I filled
him with my Spirit, but I have given him wisdom and made him a skilled
craftsman who can create objects of art with gold, silver, bronze, stone, and
wood. I have appointed Oholiab from the tribe of Dan to work with him, and I
have also given skills to those who will help them make everything exactly as I
have commanded you.
Jer_1:5, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.
Psa_139:13-16 (ASV), For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover
me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right
well. My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see mine
unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that
were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.
Psa_40:7-8, Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of
me: I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
I love that sentence- ‘Thou didst form my inward parts’. It’s a good rendition
for this write-up. If you went to a carpenter, and you told him to make two
chairs for you, one for a fat, weighty adult, and the other for a 2-year old child,
you can be sure you’ll get two different things. The chair for the adult will be
big, made of very strong wood, adhesive, nails, etc; while that for the child will
be made of a lighter material, not as strong as that for the adult. This, of course,
is because they are serving two different purposes. With this illustration, let’s
look at the person of Bezalel.
Before God created Bezalel, he had in mind that Bezalel would be the chief
craftsman for the building of the sacred tents and its furnishings. Therefore, He
endowed/formed him with all the necessary requirements to fit that purpose. He
was formed to be a skilful craftsman, and was filled with wisdom in arts.
Therefore, Bezalel grew up, aware of the gift, and refined it by constant use,
until it became a skill. He became so good at it, that he could teach people. He
was a force to reckon with in that field.

According to the third passage, Psalm_139:13-16, when God was forming your
inward parts, before you were born, he was taking into cognisance, the days
that were ordained for you (that is, everything you would do on this Earth-
CEV), which he had already written and documented in his book. Listen, he
made no mistakes about that. He built every part of you, as is required for your
purpose on this Earth, not smaller, not bigger than is perfect for you. No
wonder Jesus said that God knows the number of hairs on your head; imagine
how trivial it is! Verse 14 stresses that the way he created you was wonderful
and marvellous, without doubt (CEV).
We can deduce, therefore, that to get a glimpse of your purpose in life, you
ought to look into your inward parts, your gifts. Let me give an illustration that
will better drive in this point:
A Pastor, who has greatly influence me, Pastor Bankie Olushina, once used
himself as an example. He said, ‘since I was a small boy, people knew that I
talked a lot. So, that I am a teacher of the Word, is not a mistake. My friends
called me ‘the Broker’, which they derived from ‘the Broker’s Speech Centre’,
a part of the human brain, as divided by Broadman, which is responsible for
speech. God has formed my inward parts to fit the teaching ministry’. This man
refined the teaching gift by reading extensively (Christian books, Bible, etc),
and utilizing every opportunity to teach God’s word. When he was a young
man in his twenties, he would go outside his room in the night, to practice his
teaching ability, by teaching God’s word to the air, flying creatures, etc. He did
this to ventilate his soul, because the word was like fire shut up in his mouth, so
that he could not withhold it. Then he started teaching in a church
denomination he attended then. In fact, he thought at the slightest opportunity.
Today, he has a teaching ministry, which he runs at Enugu, where people sit
and listen to him teach the word of God. He is also a University Lecturer, who
has received an award from the University, where he teaches, as the best
lecturer in a particular field. God has started bestowing blessings on him.
What is that thing you are very good at and you love to do? What is that thing
that turns you on or that delights you, when you do it? What is it that is
inherent in you and that you have a passion for? Passion, here, does not refer to
something you aspire to do because it is common. You see, that is one
misleading factor. The fact that music is common, and you see people
prospering in it, does not, in any way, make it your gift. That Jay Jay Okocha
prospered in soccer does not imply that you will. Take a moment off and look
in. It lies within you. Pay no attention to the external monetary or material gain
of the gift. The gift was not given to you to seek a market for. Just look inwards
and you will find it lying there. It is that stuff you are very good at and love to
do. I hope you understand. That is your gift. Get hold of it, develop it, refine it,
by constant use of it, then it becomes a skill.

Hear me out! Whether the gift has the inherent ability to make you some cash
or not, should not be your worry. The truth is that God did not give you that gift
to make money. He gave it to you to see your faithfulness in its use. When he is
satisfied with your faithfulness, the fruits from your gift, then he will bless you
so much that you will not contain it. God derives glory from the fruits produced
by the use of your gift.
Joh_15:8, Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be

my disciple.
God gave you that gift for you to use it in blessing your fellow man. He gave it
to you to be a blessing to other people. When you begin to use your gift, if it
needs a market, God will provide it. But, remember, it is not your place to
create a market for it. This is the plane truth. If you believe it and you walk by
it, you can never be average. Mike Murdock said, ‘when you move away from
the place of your strength, you move towards your weaknesses’. Use your gift;
it is the place of your strength. You are the best at it, that is, when it is refined.
Bishop David Oyedepo said, ‘There is a place where you are outstanding. What
are you doing where you are average?’ At the place of your strength, you are
outstanding. You can not be average. He also said, ‘What is the use of speed
when you are on the wrong road?’ What is the use of struggle when you are at
the place of your weakness, at the place of your mediocrity? You should not
allow any responsibility that comes your way to hinder you from using your
gift.
Brother, you are gifted at teaching. What are you doing struggling as a
businessman? It is the spirit of corruption that has pushed you there. You have
placed emphasis on money. That is covetousness.
1Ti_6:10, For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
Go back to the place of your strength.
Sister, children love to see you. They are excited when you play with them.
What are you doing entangled in an unnecessary competition of trading? There
are many competitors like you, whose trading businesses have folded up
because they are not gifted there, but have indulged in it. Do you want yours to
fold up before you realize? Don’t be covetous. Get back to the place of your
strength.

We make a mistake when we entangle ourselves in an unnecessary, unrighteous

competition with other people. What is the use of struggle when you can only
be average there? You see, I hate the word ‘average’ with a passion. I love
being ‘extraordinary’, being ‘unique’, being ‘outstanding’. That is what God
gave you that gift for. He has chosen you, filled you with his Spirit, given you
wisdom and made you very good at that gift, like Bezalel. To whom much is
given, much is expected.
Wealth is a reward from God for your faithfulness.
1Sa_2:7, The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth
up.
Psa_75:6-7, For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.
It is unrighteous for you to pursue the reward, leaving behind the ‘rewarder’.
What God expects from you is faithfulness in the gift he has given you and in
whatever your hand finds to do.
(‘whatever you hand finds to do’ is any responsibility God has placed in your
hands, to be faithful in. In David’s case, as will be described in further
paragraphs, what his hand found to do was the work of a shepherd.)
Ecc_9:10, whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is
no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou
goest.
Note the two things- ‘gift’ and ‘whatever your hand finds to do’. To further
explain these, let us consider the lives of some people in the Bible.
DAVID
David was a gifted musician. He was a great singer, and he played the harp (a
musical instrument) with great dexterity. It does not imply that he was born a
harpist. No, it implies that he discovered the music ability, inherent in him, and
refined it by constant use of it. He must have been singing as he led the sheep
to pasture, daily. He also learnt to play the harp, to act as a back-up to his voice
when singing. He learnt the harp so well that, in the whole land of Israel, when
Saul fell ill with an evil spirit from the Lord, David was recommended as the
best harpist.
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1Sa_16:14-19, But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil
spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold
now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy
servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on
an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee,
that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said unto his
servants, provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then
answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the
Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man
of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with
him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy
son, which is with the sheep.
1Sa_16:23, And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and
was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Looking at the book of Psalms, you’ll discover that only a highly talented
musician, filled with God’s Spirit, could pen down those Psalms (sacred songs
or poem). He used his gifts to serve God, in form of praises to God, worship,
prayers, etc. He became the man after God’s heart.
Another thing David exhibited was faithfulness in the use of his gift (without
remuneration), and in what his hand found to do. Like I stated earlier, what his
hand found to do was the work of a shepherd. He was so faithful in taking care
of his father’s sheep that they increased in number. When a bear attempted to
take one of the sheep, he went after it, devoured it and recovered the sheep. A
lion also attempted, and David did the same.
1Sa_17:34-36, And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went
out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he
arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy
servant slew both the lion and the bear.
In all the period of faithfulness in ‘what his hand found to do’, he never knew
that the Lord was training him to be a leader. All his part was to prove faithful
in what was committed to is hands, and in due time, God lifted him and blessed
him, as a reward for his faithfulness.
JOSEPH
Joseph was gifted as a dreamer, and as an interpreter of dreams.

Gen_37:5-7, And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and
they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed: For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the
field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your
sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Gen_37:9, And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
He was also sent by his father, most times, to check the welfare of his brothers
and the sheep, in the field. That is, the work his hand found to do was
Administration. Even when he was in Potiphar’s house as a slave, he was still
an administrator.
Gen_39:4, And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he
made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Joseph refined his dream interpretation abilities, until it became a skill. He

could easily interpret anybody’s dream with God’s help. In Gen_40, he
interpreted the dreams of two of his fellow prisoners, and finally, in Gen_41:1-
32, he interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams.
It did not end at that. Joseph, like Daniel, had the ability to solve difficult
problems.
Dan_5:12(CEV), … not only is he wise and intelligent, but he can explain

dreams and riddles and solve difficult problems.
So, after interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, he offered solutions to the problems

revealed in the dreams.
Gen_41:33-37, Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise,
and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that
come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in
the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of
famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the
famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his servants.
Therefore, correlating Joseph’s experience to his glorification, we see that he

was faithful as an administrator, throughout his training, and he was appointed

as an Administrator over Egypt. That was God’s reward for his faithfulness in
using his talents and in ‘what his hands found to do’.
SOLOMON
Looking at this character, when God met him in a dream, in Gibeon, and asked
him for his desire, he asked for wisdom.
1Ki_3:5-15, In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:

and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed
unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before
thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and
thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit
on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy
servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not
how to go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which
thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for
multitude. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this
thy so great a people? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had
asked this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing,
and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself,
nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself
understanding to discern judgment; Behold, I have done according to thy
words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there
was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and
honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy
days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem,
and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt
offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Solomon asked for wisdom because David, his father, had instructed him in the
way of God and in the way of wisdom. These instructions birthed in him the
desire to serve God, by being a blessing to his fellow man, in leadership. He
asked for wisdom because he wanted to be faithful in what God had committed
to his hands. God was completely mesmerized by that act, and blessed him so
much. Again, that was God’s reward for faithfulness.

We have studied the lives of three men that pleased God, and that God blessed
(rewarded). We have seen what actually pleased God in their walk with him.
Rom_15:4, For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning…
That implies that the Bible is like an ‘expo’ for God’s interviews. If you have
passed through formal Education (school) in Nigeria, you should understand
that word ‘expo’. An ‘expo’ is what a student slips into an Examination hall, in
an effort to cheat in that examination, which contains answers or clues to
questions in that examination. Therefore, if Joseph, David, Solomon, and a
number of other servants of God, pleased him by their service of faithfulness in
Gifts and in ‘whatever their hands found to do’, then you cannot be different. If
you do the same, you will please him, and he will bless you.
Service to God is birthed by love for him and for his desire on this Earth. And
love for God means love for your fellow man.
1John_4:20b (CEV), we cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don’t
love the people we can see?
Our part on this Earth is to use our gifts to render services to our fellow man
(humanity), thereby giving other people the opportunity to do the same. God
made this world in such a way, that one man may be a blessing to another.
Until you are a blessing to your society (your fellow man), you cannot prosper.
What makes a man truly great is that he wakes up in the morning and asks
himself, ‘what can I do to be a blessing to my fellow-man?’ That statement was
made by one of America’s former presidents. The notion of many people is,
‘how can my society bless me or give to me, today?’ That is entirely wrong.
The giver has the most blessing. If everyone wakes up everyday, expecting the
society to give him, how will the society prosper? Won’t it get drained-up one
day? Moreover, that is a ‘beggar’s mentality’. It is what is known as ‘poverty
mentality’. And that has been the problem with Nigerians. They wake up
everyday with complaints about the society, the Government, their neighbours,
not giving to them. Anyone, who does that, remains in the gutters. If you want
God to lift you up and to set you among princes, you must wake up everyday
and think as a giver, not necessarily of money, but of the gift that God has put
into your hands. Give your best to mankind and let God do his own part of
rewarding you.
God equips us (the saints) for the work of the ministry.
Eph_4:12(RSV), to equip the saints for the work of ministry (service), …

It is that work of the ministry (service) that he rewards, here on Earth, and there
in Heaven. When I say ministry, I am not referring only to church works –
pasturing, teaching, Evangelism, etc. The truth is that not every Christian is
called to be any of these. Instead, those who are called to those ministries do
their own work of ministry by equipping the other saints with the word of God,
to serve in their own respective ports of call. Your life as a Christian is an
epistle for people to read, daily. When people around you see your work of
faith, labour of love, patience of hope, and finally, God’s glory revealed in your
life, that is a greater ‘evangelism’ (Moreover, in evangelising, it does not have
to be done by all Christians repeating the same sentence- ‘repent or you will
perish’. God expects that we individually use the gifts he has given to us to
evangelise. For instance, if you have a gift in singing, when you enter a bus and
you want to evangelise take permission from your fellow passengers and sing
unto God for them. You don’t necessarily have to preach, especially if it is not
your gift). That will birth the desire for God in them, like in the case of Daniel,
in the Bible. Because of his godly service, furnished by grace, to Babylon,
Nebuchadnezzar and other succeeding kings recommended Daniel’s God as the
true God. You will notice that Daniel never had to say any word, in
evangelism, to the king. All he did was to render service to the kingdom, in
God’s way, even in captivity. If, as a Christian in business, you do not cheat,
nor use unjust weights, and you allow God to show forth Himself in your
business, then you would have done a great evangelism to others in your field.
That goes a long way to show that you are totally dependent on God for his
blessings and not on ‘unjust weights’. Therefore, God will bless you, in due
time, and cause people to marvel. They will, then, come to an understanding
that promotion comes from God, and God, alone.
My friend, what is important to God is that you use your gift in service to
mankind, and that you are faithful in what he has committed to your hands.
Then he will reward you with his prosperity, in due time. If you think you can
prosper through struggles or by any other means, don’t conclude until you read
this statement: THE WAY YOU GET A THING IS THE WAY YOU WILL
PRESERVE IT. If you acquire by struggles, you must preserve by struggles,
even until old-age. I hope you’ve got what I mean.
Let me round off this chapter with two stories.
The first is that of a great Nigerian gospel musician. Permit me to skip saying
his name. He got hold of his gift of music early in life, and learnt to play the
piano. When he was in the University, he went about using his gift of singing
and his skill in piano playing to serve God in his fellowships and church
denomination. He continued in it until he graduated. After his graduation and

NYSC program, he kept doing the same thing. Then God placed in his
heart/hand, the responsibility to set up a number of choir groups (about ten
choir groups) in different satellite churches of a particular Church
denomination. This took several years of toiling and lack (hardship). And like
Paul says,
2Ti_2:3, Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
When God was satisfied with his faithfulness, God brought him into limelight
by making him produce his first musical album. This album sold so much that
he became a millionaire in a few weeks. Today, people call him world over, to
sing in concerts. That is the blessing of God for years of faithfulness. Yet
people who are ignorant call him an ‘instant success’. That is false. They never
knew nor saw his work of faith, labour of love and patience of hope.
The second is that of R.G. Letourneau, the inventor of earthmoving equipment

and Engineering vehicles. He was a self-taught Engineer, i.e. he had nearly
zero formal education. He managed to do a diploma course, which certificate
was given to him at 76 years of age, after all his major accomplishments and
landmark achievements. Without a certificate or a degree, he went about
developing his gift, until it materialised into earthmoving equipment.
I encourage you to get hold of your gift and use it for the service of mankind in
complete faithfulness to God. Whether God blesses you or not should not be
your concern. Whatever he has committed to your hands should be done with
all seriousness there is. It is God’s place to shower his blessings on you, when
he chooses to.

YOUR CALL
Jer_1:5, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee… unto the nations.
This is where God has the greatest part to play. You almost do not have to
bother yourself about this, except you just are inquisitive or he chooses to let
you have a glimpse. Here is what I mean. Before you were born God had
ordained you to a particular place, for a particular purpose, to a particular
people. Therefore, when you begin to serve God with your gifts and your
faithfulness, He, by himself, will work out events in your life, to lead you to the
place of your calling (the place he has ordained you to be). Does this sound
strange? Is it difficult to believe? Well, you will understand it in a moment.
We studied about Joseph in the previous chapter, how he was faithful in his gift
and ‘what God committed to his hands’, without monetary attachment. Sit for a
moment and reflect on it. Do you think he ever knew that God was taking him
to the place of being a Prime Minister in Egypt? Never! He could not have
imagined that. Get real! After his dreams in his father’s house, his brothers sold
him, as a slave, to the land of Egypt. When it seemed like God was on his side,
and that the lines were falling in pleasant places for him, Potiphar’s wife lied
against him, and he was thrown into prison. My friend, put yourself in his
shoes. Is there still hope? At this point you would have been crying in despair,
lamenting, ‘why has God forsaken me? I did not rape her.’, unknown to you
that God is the master minder of all those events. Somehow, the king’s slaves
got into prison; he helped them with their dreams, and told them not to forget
him in the palace. The slave, who was restored, forgot him. What more would
he do? Yet he remained faithful, in there. Then God, the Game-master, finally
worked out events, such that, when Pharaoh dreamed, no other person could
interpret it. Then the Chief Butler, who forgot him, earlier, remembered him.
He gave the interpretations and proffered solutions, and then, CLICK! He was
appointed the Prime Minister (Governor) of Egypt. God used adversity to lead
him to the place of his calling.
Now, roll your mind backwards. When God gave him a glimpse of his calling,
by showing him the Sun, Moon and eleven Stars bowing down to him
(Gen_37:9, And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.), could he have imagined that God
actually meant to save Egypt, and indeed the whole world, through him?
Impossible! That is what Paul meant in the verse of the scriptures below.

Eph_3:20, Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us
He also emphasized it in this next verse:
1Co_2:9, But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them
that love him.
Joseph could never have imagined his calling. If you think you can imagine
God’s call exactly for your life, then that imagination is God’s starting point.
God’s calling for Joseph was to be the prime minister of Egypt to save them
and the surrounding countries from that period of famine. Notice that it was not
only to save Egypt, but to save the whole world, because other countries went
to Egypt to buy food.
When David was busy being a shepherd, could he ever have imagined God
calling him to be the next king after Saul? In his case, and in Joseph’s case,
they never knew that all that they passed through was God’s training and
preparation and his working of events for them to become rulers. But if we
correlate their experiences to their callings, you’ll find out that, for Joseph, he
was an Administrator in his father’s house, in Potiphar’s house, in the prison,
as well as, in the place of his calling. David was a leader, as a shepherd tending
sheep, at battle, and in the place of his calling – King of Israel.
I’ll like to illustrate this, a little further, with Saul’s experience. In 1Sam_9
(please read it in your bible, it’s quite a lengthy passage to be placed in this
book), Kish, a wealthy man, had a son, named Saul. Kish owned some
donkeys, but they had run off. So he told his son, Saul and his Servant, to go
look for them. Meanwhile, God went to Samuel and told him that he will send a
man to him, and that when the man met him, he should anoint him. The man,
we find out in latter verses, was Saul. So, in essence, God never told Saul about
the whole plan about his calling. He just caused Saul’s father’s donkeys to run
away, suddenly. Then he made Kish to send Saul to go find them. At a point in
the search, Saul wanted to give up, but God caused his servant to encourage
him to meet a seer (a prophet), and that seer was Samuel. God worked out the
whole events for Samuel to meet Saul. Worthy of note, is the fact that God
never told Saul about his calling, even till the last minute. Instead, he kept
telling Samuel. All he had to do for Saul was to arrange events in place, so that
they would lead him to his calling – king of Israel.
These illustrations have all pointed out the fact that God may never tell or show
you your place of calling, until you are nearly there. One of the reasons for this

is that it beats your imagination, flawlessly. In fact, if he shows it to you, you

may pass out, because it is completely beyond your imagination (note that I did
not say thinking. Imagination is wider and wilder than thinking). All he expects
you to do is, ‘be faithful with the gift/talent I gave you, and in the work I
committed to your hand, and I will direct your path to your calling’.
Pro_3:5, Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Many of us have misinterpreted the word ‘direct’, in this context, to mean that
he will talk to you. Well, the truth is that that will not happen most times, and
to most people. God does not advise people. He tells you what to do or he will
lead you to do that thing without expressly telling you. Most times the people
he talks to are his prophets. To average Christians, all he does is to direct them.
Assume you wanted to embark on a project, and there were four of its kind.
You woke up one morning and told God (in prayers) about it, and asked him to
direct you on which to do. Most times, what God will do at this junction of life,
is to close down three roads and leave the one that he wants you to pass, open,
so that you have no other choice than to take that road. He doesn’t have to
speak to you. You would just find out that out of the four projects you wanted
to do, three failed to work out, and only one did. That is how God deals with
most Christians. I never knew this, also, until God used a man of His, to reveal
it to me. Since then, I have come to understand God’s ways better. Remember,
your calling may actually be the place of your blessing.
That is how God deals with most of us in leading us to our callings in life. At
the beginning of this chapter, I said that we almost have no role in this whole
thing, except in the faithful use of our gifts and what he has committed to our
hands. But the little other part we have to play, I will write on, in the next
chapter (The Place of the Word of God).
Let’s round-off this chapter with a parable of Jesus in the Bible.
Luk_19:12-27, He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country,

to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called ten servants of
his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I
come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, we will
not that this man reign over us. And it came to pass, when he was come back
again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto
whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what
they had gained by trading. And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy
pound hath made ten pounds more. And he said unto him, Well done, thou good

servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority
over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five
pounds. And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities. And another
came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which
thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow. He saith unto
him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou
knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and
reaping that which I did not sow; then wherefore gavest thou not my money
into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest? And he
said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto
him that hath the ten pounds. And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.
I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that
hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. But these mine
enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay
them before me.
The above passage tells us about a nobleman who had ten servants and gave
them ten pounds to trade with (do business with), while he went to possess a
kingdom. Reading through that passage, you will find out that all the servants,
but one, gave all their best to the multiplication of that money, thinking that the
master was so interested in that money. It was unknown to them that the master
was looking for faithful men, who he will appoint as Governors over the cities
in the kingdom he went to acquire. So they did their best, and on his return, he
assigned them to the place of their calling as a blessing and a reward to them.
He gave one of them ten cities to govern; the other, five cities. When it got to
the last servant, the master was angry with him, not because he did not get
more money, but because he was unfaithful in the use of what was given to
him. Therefore, the master punished him for unfaithfulness.
Like we stressed before, these servants never knew their calling, until the
master was satisfied with their faithfulness and assigned them to their callings.
May you be found faithful by God and be assigned to your calling.

THE PLACE OF GOD’S WORD
You may be wondering, ‘what has God’s word got to do with all these?’ The
answer is, ‘EVERYTHING!’
Act_20:32, And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his
grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
Let me go on by saying, ‘what God wants to do in your life is to manifest

himself in whatever he has committed to your hand to do’. That is, he wants to
do it by himself, with your instrumentality.
Hear me! ‘God does not take back the gifts he has given’.
Rom_11:29, For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
That implies that, when God gives you a gift, even if you misuse it, he will not
take it back, rather he will judge you for its misuse. That judgement can go as
far as death. So, don’t be surprised that there are many people misusing God’s
gifts, and still have it. It was possible for Bezalel, who we read of earlier, to use
his craftsmanship in making idol images, building temples for Baal, and all
worth not. Therefore, in order for God to keep you within his plan, he has to
infuse you with his word. The little problem there is, is that, again, it is within
your will. It is your role to play. It is your part of the journey towards your call
to imbibe God’s word, to give him more space to manifest his grace in you.
Grace is that power that is released to you once you are conformed to the image
of Jesus. The Word of God conforms you to Christ’s image.
As Paul said in the passage we read, ‘I commend you to God, who you will
know/conform to, by the word of his grace. That word will build you up to the
stage of maturity, of being conformed to Christ, after which, it will hand over
your inheritance (what belongs to you) as God’s servant (paraphrase).
Rom_8:29, For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be

conformed to the image of his Son
Listen! God wants to infuse you with his word, so that, in the use of your gift,
and in faithfulness in what was committed to your hand, you will not need to
struggle. Do you know why? No word of God shall be void of power. When
God told Ezekiel, ‘Stand up’, Ezekiel said, ‘I would have loved to stand’, then

the Spirit of God, which always accompanies his word (making it potent), set
him on his feet.
Eze_2:2, And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me
upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
Rom_8:11, But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
When God said, ‘let there be light’, it was the power (his spirit) in that word
that brought the light to existence. When Angel Gabriel met Mary (Luke_1:34-
37), and told her of God’s purpose for her, she said, ‘How shall this be, seeing
that I know no man?’. Gabriel replied, ‘the Spirit of the Lord will come upon
you, and God’s power will overshadow you…No word of God shall be void of
power (most Bibles say this as ‘with God nothing shall be impossible’)’. All
those manifestations were in that word of God from the angel.
Therefore, when God tells you, ‘Arise and Shine’ (Isaiah_60:1), he doesn’t
mean, ‘struggle to stand up and shine’. He means, ‘If you are willing to do as I
have said, then the word I have spoken to you will enter into you (by my spirit),
set you on your feet and emit my light through you so that you will shine’.
My friend, the word of God in your spirit is what will get you acting at the
centre of God’s purpose, with your gift, in faithfulness to God. If not, you will
keep struggling, all the days of your life, and God hates struggles. He said,
1Sa_2:9, … for by strength (struggle) shall no man prevail.
That is, we cannot get a victory by our own strength.
2Cor_12:9(CEV), my gift of undeserved grace is all you need. My power is

stronger when you are weak (when you are surrendered).
Phi_2:13, For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
God works in you through his word. The word becomes flesh in you and causes
you to will and to do according to God’s desire (Rom_8:11).
Joh_1:14, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us … full of grace
and truth.

Mat_11:28-29, Come unto me…and learn of me… and ye shall find rest unto
your souls.
The ‘learn of me’, as said by Jesus in that verse, is by his word.
What more conviction do you need to know that God want to infuse you with
his words, so much that that word becomes flesh in you, causing you to
manifest your purpose? If the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, he that raised Jesus from the dead will quicken your mortal body
to use your gift, by his Spirit that dwells in you. That Spirit in you is activated
by the infusion of God’s word all the time. He’ll make you use your gifts right,
and that, spontaneously.
Therefore, desire the sincere milk of God’s word. Go for it voraciously. When
you pick your Bible to read, ask for wisdom and understanding from the Holy
Spirit, and he will give you. Then, you will see yourself grow from grace to
grace.
GOD’S TIMING
Let me say something about this, in passing, and I hope it benefits you.
2Pet_3:8-9(CEV), Dear friends, don’t forget that for the Lord, one day is the
same as 1000 years, and 1000 years is the same as one day. The Lord is not
slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is
patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.
I felt a burden in my heart to tell you what you ought to know about God’s
timing, so that you can understand his way. As you go along fulfilling his
purpose in your life, you may encounter some delay in his blessing upon you,
or in taking you to the place of your calling. If you understand him, you will
have no worry about that.
In verse 8, Peter’s statement there implies that, what you expect God to do in a
day for you may take him 1000 years; or, what you expect God to do in 1000
years for you, may take him a day. The reason is that our timing is not exactly
the same with his. God’s timing is in the sequence of events and not in minutes,
hours, days, months, etc. Therefore, if you asked God, say for a car within 6
months, and he hears you, He arranges a series of events for you to pass
through before you can have the car. If you pass through those events in one
month, you get the car in one month. If you pass through them in ten years, you

get the car in ten years. By that, God is not slow, God is not fast. He is just
right on-time. Those events he arranges for you are to prepare you to be able to
handle that car without having to displease him, especially by leaving the
centre of his will or purpose. God is patient not, not willing that you perish
from your desires, but that you go through the requisite training before he
bestows on you a blessing, otherwise, you will misuse it.
So, God’s timing is like this: the flood never came until Noah entered the Ark;
the Sun did not go down until Joshua finished the battle; the parted Red sea did
not return to normal until the Israelites passed through; Joseph remained a slave
until his own words had come true, and the Lord had finished testing him
[Psalm_105:19(CEV)].
Moreover, Paul advises us in the verse below, as soldiers of Christ, to endure

hardship.
2Ti_2:3, Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
God’s timing is the best for you.

IN CONCLUSION…
Ecc_12:13-14, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and
keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring
every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or
whether it be evil.
The CEV renders verse 13 as this: Everything you were taught can be put into a
few words: Respect and obey God! This is what life is all about.
What more can I say! Respect and obey God. This is the whole duty of man.
Matt_6:33 says it as, ‘more than anything else, put God’s work (purpose) first
and do what he wants. Then, the other things will be yours, as well’. Serve
God’s purpose on this Earth. If you do, you can never be average!
Let me leave you with these few words:
Psa_110:1, A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Here, God, the Father, said to Jesus, ‘sit at my right until I (through my
servants on the Earth) make your enemies a footstool for you’. Jesus’ return to
this earth depends on you (that is, if you are one of God’s servant; people
serving God’s purpose in their lives). Are you serving your part in God’s plan
of making His enemies Jesus’ footstool? ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’,
so that he can come to receive his people. Until the kingdoms of this world
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ (by his work through you),
then shall he reign forever and ever (Rev_11:15).
Let your prayer to God, like Solomon, be: Lord, there is a place in life you
have made me king. There is something you have given me to do, that no one
else can do. Make me an effective king. Give me wisdom and knowledge to
serve effectively as a king in that purpose. Amen.
The End.

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As born-again Christians, there are two extremes we emphasize, which apply in

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A favourite scriptural example is Isa_54:17- No weapon that is formed against

Here is a vivid illustration of how many of us relate with God:

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GOD NEEDS YOU

Isa_6:5-8, Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of

Eph_5:23, …Christ is the head of the church.

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Permit me to quote an excerpt from a great movie I once watched.

‘OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE.

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Joh_15:8, Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be

Go back to the place of your strength.

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We make a mistake when we entangle ourselves in an unnecessary, unrighteous

Wealth is a reward from God for your faithfulness.

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Joseph refined his dream interpretation abilities, until it became a skill. He

Dan_5:12(CEV), … not only is he wise and intelligent, but he can explain

So, after interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, he offered solutions to the problems

Therefore, correlating Joseph’s experience to his glorification, we see that he

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1Ki_3:5-15, In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:

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God equips us (the saints) for the work of the ministry.

Eph_4:12(RSV), to equip the saints for the work of ministry (service), …

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Let me round off this chapter with two stories.

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The second is that of R.G. Letourneau, the inventor of earthmoving equipment

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He also emphasized it in this next verse:

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is that it beats your imagination, flawlessly. In fact, if he shows it to you, you

Let’s round-off this chapter with a parable of Jesus in the Bible.

Luk_19:12-27, He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country,

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May you be found faithful by God and be assigned to your calling.

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THE PLACE OF GOD’S WORD

Let me go on by saying, ‘what God wants to do in your life is to manifest

Rom_8:29, For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be

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1Sa_2:9, … for by strength (struggle) shall no man prevail.

That is, we cannot get a victory by our own strength.

2Cor_12:9(CEV), my gift of undeserved grace is all you need. My power is

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The ‘learn of me’, as said by Jesus in that verse, is by his word.

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Moreover, Paul advises us in the verse below, as soldiers of Christ, to endure

2Ti_2:3, Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.