Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 211 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Living Your Life with Purpose, On Purpose #3

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 211 of our Trek. Today we will continue on our Trek to live life fully by living with a purpose, on purpose. Listening to Wisdom-Trek daily is one thing that will help you live with purpose even through the difficult trails of life’s Trek. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. We are continuing this week with fine tuning our 2016 life plan. Our calendar is being set, and we are making slow but good progress.  We appreciate your thoughts and prayers as we solidify our plan and goals. As we do plan, another verse that keeps us humble is Psalms 57:2, "I cry out to God Most High, to God, who will fulfill his purpose for me." That is why we seek God’s guidance as we plan. 

We continue with our theme of life being a trek with its steep mountains to climb and deep valleys to navigate. We realize that as we stay focused on our purpose, even if we don’t always understand the trails of life that we end up on, we will live a life that is rich and satisfying. Let’s continue our Trek as we discover more wisdom nuggets on what is required for us to live life with purpose, on purpose. We started two days ago and will continue today. Let’s set our course and learn how to accomplish this. Let’s continue today with…

Living a Life with Purpose, On Purpose #3

So far on our Trek for purpose, we have explored the following aspects of living a life of purpose, on purpose:

Everyone has a God-given purpose in life.

Your purpose makes you unique.

Your purpose is the key to your fulfillment.

God will accomplish His purpose.

So where do we go from here? Our final point that we will explore today is to…

5. Choose to live with purpose, on purpose.

Throughout my years of experience in business and serving others, God has broken it down really simply for me. This may be because I am a rather simplistic person in the way I view life. Here is the conclusion and insight that I have been given…You don’t find your purpose. You learn it as you go. Now do not confuse purpose with destiny. Your destiny is what happens at the end of the journey. Your purpose is all about the journey. Your destiny is that you will rule and reign as perfected saints in glory in the presence of the Father.

Your purpose is that you do what you do as a child of the King of Kings. Here are four simplistic steps on our trail today that will help you to choose to live with purpose, on purpose.

The first step is…

A. Affirm Your Identity

The journey of purpose begins with the question, "What was in the mind of the Maker when God created you?"

God knew your purpose when your name came to mind. Great care was taken to choose the individual components of your design. He carefully mixed the right heart motivation and temperament with a unique set of talents and gifts. He allowed life experience to shape your passions, exercise your strengths, and channel your steps. I realize that I have brought this verse to mind several times this past month but really think about the words to it.

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Affirm who you are in the eyes of the One who created you on purpose and with purpose. Once you make this shift,