Purpose

Living for Gods purpose:

Numbers 31:8

They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed BALAAM the son of Beor with the sword.

Numbers 22:8

And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with BALAAM.

What is the point of purpose? I've had a lot of time to think and pray since being out here, and one of the questions in my prayer life to God was how did Balaam in Numbers 22 speak so plainly for The Lord but die with the rest of the Moabites in Numbers 31? If you read the story, he is summoned by a King to speak a curse on the Israelite people. His words in the past had been so effective that when a king knew he could not defeat his opposition militarily he turned to Balaam. Shortly into the story we find how he is so effective. He only spoke the words The Lord gave him, Jesus did the same thing. He knew his purpose. When the messengers arrived from the king he stated not only to the first set of messengers but to the second set that he could not curse the Israelites because he could only speak the words The Lord gave him. The King kept egging him on and started throwing money at him, larger and larger sums of money. Later in the chapter 31 we read that he was among the dead as the Israelites concurred there promised land. What happened? He got greedy. Instead of cursing the Israelites, because he only spoke the words The Lord gave him, he told the Moabite King how to get them into sin. Some where along the way he deviated from his original purpose. Instead of being a mouth piece for The Lord he became an advisor for the king. This is how evil and sin can enter a life. When the purpose of something is lost or deviated from sin creeps in. Take a car for example. If I use a car as a weapon and run over a pedestrian I have deviated from that cars purpose, and there by used it for evil. What was meant for good has been used for evil. 

Every person reading this has a purpose. Take a moment and be still. The heart you feel beating inside you was hand crafted by The Lord, in His image, and for a specific purpose. So many people in this world are empty. Not because they don't have possessions or family, but because they haven't sought their purpose. Scripture in Ephesians teaches us we all have a specific work for The Lord to be completed. Do not give up looking. When you find your purpose is when we can truly start to live. The truth of this matter is sobering. We have to stay diligent for what The Lord would have us accomplish.