ETERNAL PURPOSE AND DESTINY SERIES

Part One – Prayer

Prayer can mean different things to different people especially depending on who or what they are praying to.
Consider that Christians and Jews pray to God the Creator of all.
Islam prays to Allah, Buddhists pray to Buddha, Hindus pray to Hare Krishna, and the biblical records tell us that the Egyptians as well as all other nations of the earth chose to worship the sun, moon, stars, animals or other parts of the creation including objects they made with their own hands. The list goes on and on and we cannot leave out the atheists who deny the existence of God or the new age humanists who have made themselves their own god or even the Satanists who have made Satan their god.

All human religions are only afterthoughts to the one God of all creation and His universal domain.

Colossians 1:17 reads: And He is before all things and by Him all things consist.

No doubt good and evil exist. Since God is the creator of good and Satan (a creation of God) rebelled, forfeited his first estate and is now become the arch-enemy of God and His kingdom by deceiving humans with evil.

Therefore, it only stands to reason that as Christians we must acquire understanding of our eternal purpose and destiny as ordained by God our Creator. How else can this be achieved accept by searching His written words and communing with God in prayer?

Let us now take a deeper look into the subject of prayer as related to our eternal purpose and destiny.

1. Eternal Purpose: (2 Timothy 2:12) Rulership Training.
2. Eternal Destiny: (1 Corinthians 6:2, Rev. 2:26, 3:21) Heaven and Earth.

Paul Bilheimmer, in his book “Destined for the Throne” wrote: …We are here to learn the true law of love to become Kings, Priests and Rulers in the Kingdom to come.

Seldom has such great truth been said in so few words.

Therefore, if leadership by love is our purpose and the Kingdom of God and our part in the Kingdom of Heaven to come is our destiny then prayer is the vehicle to bring forth his purpose and destiny. Prayer has many purposes but one main objective spiritually speaking. And what is it?
Prayer is communication with God; its use is to cultivate your relationship with Him and to bring your spirit, soul and body into full submission and communion with the God of all Creation.

What happens when we pray? We receive guidance, direction, provision, humility, forgiveness of sins, gifts of the Spirit, miracles and so much more and we offer to Him praise and thanksgiving because He is Lord of all.

I am reminded of the message in our new song “I Can Pray” which talks about interceding for others in our prayers…. “You may not be a preacher, or a singer, or a Sunday school teacher, but you can pray for those who will not listen to what you have to say to them or sing to them or preach to them. It does not matter whether you have a certain gift or not..we all can pray.”

And the truth of the matter is that prayer is the most important thing for our lives yet, we often spend too little time in prayer.

This leads to the main point of another aspect of prayer in light of eternal purpose and destiny…called spiritual warfare, which I will write more about in part two of this series.

Til next time remember, our time here on earth is for training for rulership by learning the law of love so that we may be qualified to rule and reign with Christ in the day that His eternal kingdom appears with His coming.

Therefore, let us learn to commune with Him in seasons of prayer and become disciplined, instructed, selfless, chosen vessels for His service in this present age and prepared for our eternal destiny.

Food For Thought,
Jerry Kelso
May 2007

Jun 9, 2007 5 comments

Comments about "ETERNAL PURPOSE AND DESTINY SERIES"

Jerry, You're hitting right on it in regard to obtaining an uderstanding of God's eternal purpose and destiny for us. One of the keys to that is seen in what we've called "The Lord's Prayer." In that model prayer it becomes immediately apparent of the importance of placing God's concerns before our own. We are praying "Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done" before we address our desires (daily bread, forgiveness, protection from evil, etc.). The emphasis starts with a desire for the realization of God's will and purposes to be done here on earth and, more pointedly, in me. And I'm so glad I do not have to depend upon my own mind to spin out a conception of what matters to God. He has reveled Himself to us through the written Word (the Bible) and Living Word (Jesus Christ). "All scripture is given by inspiration (God-breathed) and is profitable for doctrine (teaching), for reproof (rebuke), for correction, for instruction inrighteousness that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished utnil all good work (That is, what God has purposed for Him."). II Timothy 3:16-17 Seeking Him and His righteousness through searching His Word and communing with Him in prayer truly brings us to experience God's purpose for our lives. Thanks be unto God for His saving mercies through Jesus Christ and the growing relationship with Him we can know!

by Johnny Foster ( Aug 13, 2007)

Please pardon the typos in the above comment, I hope that they do not render it unintelligible. Among God's gifts to me are not the gifts of typing and proof-reading!

by Johnny Foster ( Aug 13, 2007)

Yesterday I heard for the first time your new song "I can pray" and was so blessed. I have shared it with others after I found it on your website. May God continue to bless you as you work for Him spreading the Gospel thru song. I enjoyed Jerry's Food for thought. If we will all pray our nation will be chaned. God Bless. Estelle

by Estelle Waymire ( Sep 1, 2007)

Please excuse the typo, the word should be changed.

by Estelle Waymire ( Sep 1, 2007)

Jerry, There is one thing better than Southern Gospel Music and that one thing is God's Holy Word. I wish that more would read, study and meditate on it so they would KNOW what God says about salvation, discipline and eternity. Sometime, people hear something they agree with and never look in the BOOK to see What God says. I am thankful for the Dove Brothers and appreciate you so much. Joe Guthrie Feb. 18, 2008

by JoeGuthrie ( Feb 18, 2008)

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