The most frequent prayer request that I receive from Christians is the following:  Pray that God reveal His purpose for my life and that I follow that purpose.  I have struggled with the discomfort that this request produces in my stomach.  Traditionally, people who make this request of me admittedly are not; reading their Bibles daily, praying in devotion frequently nor are they being obedient to the universal commissions to which the Lord has directed all of us.  This culminates in a Christian who wants revelation but is unwilling to walk “the way or the path” upon which enlightenment finds us.

Consequently, we have a bandwidth of Christians that remain in a “passive” mode, waiting for some type of miracle to occur somehow directing them to destiny.  This is entirely inconsistent with scripture.  I challenge any Christian to read the opening chapter of Ephesians and remain passive.  That would require a disobedient nature in which grace and subsequent revelation will forever be “absent”.  The Lord will give us discernment to understand the steps which must be taken to fulfill His will for our lives and for some of us the Lord has predestined us for “specific” works.

Do we trust Him enough to perform those works to which He has directed all of us and subsequently find ourselves at the moment when our specific purposes are revealed.  For example, if He has planned for me to accomplish some work for the Kingdom in Philadelphia and I ignore His prompting to go to Philadelphia preferring to reside in California, until supernaturally whisked to Philadelphia, then it is improbable, nigh impossible that I will ever fulfill that work to which He has predestined me.  Jonah is a fine example, Jonah would not go to Nineveh but he did “go”, just not in the direction God directed.  His disobedient action brought on God’s guiding action in the sea, leading Jonah to that which he was predestined.  God knew before the beginning of time those of us who would obey His prompting.  We have to be willing to be “active” in our walk and demonstrate the willingness to go out and find our destiny.  Are you willing to “Walk”(by its nature this implies faith is active) on the path and discover His will?  He will reveal to you, at the perfect time the works He has prepared for you.  Go out and find them.  Praise King Jesus, Almighty God, the Father, Son and Spirit.  Amen.