Why am I here?

Many people today are obsessed with finding ways to prolong their lives. They are so caught up with trying to live longer that they never stop to consider why they are living at all.

Every human is searching for the simple formula to a healthy, successful and fulfilled life. They want to find the one key that unlocks the door to the good life and answers the questions of their heart.

If you conducted a sidewalk poll in a city, anywhere in the world, and asked people, “What is the key to life?” you would get many different answers. Some would say the key to life is to make money as much money as you can, as quickly as you can, and to hold onto it as long as you can. Others would see gaining political power and influence as the key to life. Love would be the key for many. Others would think that food is the key to life.

Then there are always those who would say that there is no key to life. Life is an accident; it just happened and therefore has no key or significance. The fact is, most people don’t know the key to life. This is why so many people live tragic lives; they don’t know why they are here. They have not a clue about how to make their time on this earth count for something worthwhile. Their existence is, in many ways, a kind of “living death” because a life without a purpose is not really a life at all.

The Key to Life

So what is the key to life? Finding your true purpose and living it is the key to life.

Every human being was born to fulfill a purpose–an assignment. And this assignment comes with a time limit. This particular principle can be verified in the Bible. It says, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under Heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.” ¹ This statement implies that every purpose on planet earth was given a certain amount of time. Everyone was born at a specific time because of their purpose. And we must complete our purpose–our assignment–before we die. Therefore, our biggest accomplishment is to discover our purpose.

How to Discover Your Purpose

There are two things you should do to discover your purpose. First, you must ask God–your Creator–through prayer. A created thing can never know what was in the mind of the creator when he planned and built it. So purpose is only found in the mind of the creator. In other words, only God knows the purpose for your life. Second, you must ask yourself. There are five questions that will help you discover your personal purpose:

1. What is my passion?

2. What is my gift?

3. What is my dream?

4. What is my idea?

5. What makes me angry?

Your unique purpose will become obvious if you answer these questions correctly.

As a final point, hereunder is a quote to ponder:

True Success is discovering your purpose and completing it before you die. God is counting on you to discover your life’s purpose. He will help you find it, if only you would pray and ask!

Want to ask God to help you find your life’s purposes? If so, Join us in this simple prayer;

Dear God,

Thank you for opening my eyes to the fact that I am here on Earth to fill the purpose for which you’ve created me. Help me discover my life’s purpose. I invite you to come into my life and my circumstances and reveal to me the reason you created me and show me what it is that you created me to do. After you have revealed this to me dear Father, I ask that you will bless me and WIN International Ministries and empower us with the skills, the gifts, the open doors and the resources, time and people that I will need to go forward and accomplish what you have created us to accomplish in Jesus  Precious Name, I ask and Pray – Amen!