{"id":12909,"date":"2020-06-08T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T00:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/?p=12909"},"modified":"2021-03-22T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:05:30","slug":"gods-will-our-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/gods-will-our-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Will, Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-72l1xj-642571b39370b36824bfdb85479e1040\">\n.flex_column.av-72l1xj-642571b39370b36824bfdb85479e1040{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-72l1xj-642571b39370b36824bfdb85479e1040 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k87h2e9t-27ef2e07751cba4e416ff115b7c27a19\">\n.avia-image-container.av-k87h2e9t-27ef2e07751cba4e416ff115b7c27a19 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-k87h2e9t-27ef2e07751cba4e416ff115b7c27a19 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-k87h2e9t-27ef2e07751cba4e416ff115b7c27a19 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-12910 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-12910 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-1030x687.jpg\" alt='' title='sparkler-677774_1920'  height=\"687\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sparkler-677774_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-54ymg7-dfa9aade1d3f56d00267e4aaf3213d5f\">\n.flex_column.av-54ymg7-dfa9aade1d3f56d00267e4aaf3213d5f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-54ymg7-dfa9aade1d3f56d00267e4aaf3213d5f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k87gm73x-6a5fa444a1439ec2fb499d915ff9a7f0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God&#8217;s Will, Our Purpose<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<h5>By Dr. Sanejo Leonard<\/h5>\n<p>Responding to God\u2019s call is not always easy, and there is never a \u201cright\u201d time to do so. Most good decisions requiring action and movement can be a struggle to finally settle, and one of the struggles we have is when to take action. Planning and preparation are always important. As the saying goes, \u201cmeasure twice, saw once,\u201d so decisions should be carefully evaluated and weighed out. However, our human nature and the second law of thermodynamics tend to work against us in the area of change, shifting direction, and forward movement.<\/p>\n<p><b>God\u2019s Will<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there are some decisions that don\u2019t require much thought: show love, kindness, and care to others; love God and pursue spiritual growth; lastly, respond to God\u2019s purpose and intention for your life. The last one becomes harder as it can be difficult to know what God\u2019s purpose is for your life. The essence is that God\u2019s will and calling for your life is to grow into Christ\u2019s likeness so that you can become, through His careful sculpting and transformation of your character, the best version of you that He created you to be. God\u2019s will for your life does not have to be mysterious and something you wait for years to understand. Simply and purposefully grow towards God and develop the personality, gifts, and talents He has given you.<\/p>\n<p><b>God\u2019s Calling<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For some, God has called you to start businesses, create safe and healthy places for people to work and be productive in society. For others, God has called you to be creative and write, design, draw, and share musical and artistic beauty. To some, God has called you to vocational ministry and has equipped you to do so.<\/p>\n<p>I finally embraced my call to ministry after several years of trying to understand how God had uniquely gifted and prepared me for vocational ministry. The calling grew stronger and stronger in my heart and mind in my junior year in college, and after several confirmations by professors who saw in me what I couldn\u2019t as yet see in myself. There were gifts and talents God had given me that I couldn\u2019t manufacture, and I knew at several points along the way that I was in the right place when I ministered to others and I felt a sacred sense of God\u2019s presence that also resonated with the other person; when I preached and felt an unmistakable anointing coming over that I could not create on my own; when I taught my first college course at a Bible college on the importance of theology and Bible study and people were touched connected with the ideas on a deep and profound ways. These gifts came from inside, from the years of preparation as a young person through memorizing scripture and being engaged in my church and youth group, through the talents and personality God created me to have, and the years of education and ministerial training I received.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our Purpose<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fulfilling our purpose requires preparation, education, training, and embracing the calling God has given to us. Being willing to embrace life\u2019s challenges as part of our preparation, all of the education we have received or need to receive, and understanding our personality, our gifts, and the talents with which God has entrusted us\u2014all are needed to help us step into our calling and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Our purpose in life is to respond to God\u2019s specific and individual call for each of us, and then to embrace His collective will for all of us to grow into transformational Christlikeness.<\/p>\n<p>I pray that each of you would lean into God\u2019s purpose for your life, your calling, and His will for you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box av-45lwjr-a7c17c29131f64223ea926453db65cb5 av-social-sharing-box-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-fullwidth'><div class=\"av-share-box\"><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this entry<\/h5><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/gods-will-our-purpose\/&#038;t=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose&#038;url=https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/?p=12909' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue932' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on X'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on X<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-square-x-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose&#038;url=https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/?p=12909' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue933' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on X'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on X<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-pinterest' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Pinterest\" href='https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sum.edu%2Fgods-will-our-purpose%2F&#038;description=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sum.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2Fsparkler-677774_1920-705x470.jpg' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Pinterest'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose&#038;url=https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/gods-will-our-purpose\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-reddit' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Reddit\" href='https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/gods-will-our-purpose\/&#038;title=God%E2%80%99s%20Will%2C%20Our%20Purpose' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue927' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Reddit'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,38,65],"tags":[351,349,353,107,350,352],"class_list":["post-12909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-and-theology","category-faculty","category-ministry","tag-bible-college","tag-calling","tag-education","tag-ministry","tag-purpose","tag-theology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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