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“I have appeared to you for this purpose”(Acts 26:16, NKJV).
In baseball, the catcher tries to distract the batter. On one occasion when Yogi Berra was behind the plate, Hank Aaron came up to bat.
Yogi started in, ‘Hank, you’ve got the writing on the bat in the wrong place. The words should be facing you.’ Yogi kept going, ‘You better check it.’ Hank didn’t say a word.
On the next pitch, Hank hit the ball over the centre field fence. He rounded the bases, stepped on home plate, looked at Yogi and said, “I didn’t come here to read, I came to win.”
It’s vital to know why you are here and not to let anyone talk you out of your calling or purpose. Many people say they’re trying to ‘find themselves’. Such a search is pointless.
As one pastor states: “If you don’t know who you are, how do you know what to look for? And how would you know when you have found it, since you don’t know what you are looking for? Toasters don’t find themselves…A toaster…just [has] to do what the manufacturer had in mind.”
Paul had a supernatural encounter on the Damascus road where Jesus said to him, “I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you” (Acts 26:16, NKJV).
To discover your life’s purpose, you must start with God as your reference point. He made you, he redeemed you, he has a plan for your life – and he will reveal it to you.
By Alfred B Nyamekye
