Become EnlightenedThe other day I had a meeting on
web with a few friends. We are planning our class reunion and since no two people were ever available at
same time, we decided to set up a CHAT group and meet over
web.
It was a lot of fun and exciting. This got me curious about CHAT rooms so I later signed into a Christian chat room to see what
hoopla was all about regarding these chat rooms. Although I have been on
web for almost ten years, I’ve never ventured into a chat room. Need less to say, there weren’t very much Christianity going on in that chat room.
One person, with a rather strange handle, which I cannot remember right now, questioned whether or not there actually was a God. He stated that with so much evil going on in
world, it led him to question God’s existence.
Later, after signing off, I thought about what “strange handle” said about
evil in
world. Of course, God has nothing to do with
evil but it got me to thinking about all of
people who are so "Unenlightened".
Even people who are Christian are oftentimes "unenlightened" by a true understanding of how God works in their life.
Because I teach how to discover God’s purpose for your life, I want to talk about how unenlightened we are when it comes to
type of work we choose or
profession we decide to go into.
We allow
economy to dictate what type of job we accept as opposed to what type of career God has chosen for us.
We continue on a job that is not fulfilling because we like
people we work with or we are just so happy that we have a job because we always hear how “there are no jobs out there.”
So, we continue to stay unhappy or unfulfilled because we are unenlightened about how God works in our life.
Let me try and break down my understanding of how God works in our lives:
At birth, you are born with a soul, which has a seed already set to grow inside of us. This seed is your life’s purpose.
As a child, we are close to God. Whether or not someone in our lives teaches us about Him or not, we have an understanding and a closeness with God.
As we grow older, if we seek out a relationship with God, He will grow closer to us.
If you consult with God before making any decisions in your life, you will never be led astray.
What often happens is we decide to take control of our lives instead of allowing God to control our lives and we oftentimes mess up because we are human and that’s what human’s do.
Because we take control and make our own decisions, we are led astray and find ourselves in jobs or in careers that just don’t settle right with our souls.
Our souls were given a mission at birth and we have not followed our mission and allowed our souls to grow.
The closer we draw to God,
more unsettled we will feel on our jobs or in our careers that are not aligned with our soul.
When it gets to
point where we simply cannot take it any longer, when going to
office literally makes us sick to
stomach, or when simply getting out of bed in
morning becomes a task; we start looking for answers.