PURPOSEFUL LIVING

Purposeful living is not just about personal enrichment. After we have enriched ourselves, it is about being a change agent, being an influencer for good and making a positive impact on the lives of others - making this world a better place.

Here is a lesson from the Bible about making an impact on the lives of others or planting seeds that will produce a bountiful harvest.

Some of us, perhaps being too engrossed in our personal affairs; seldom think of sowing seeds and reaching out to touch others. Some of us think, on why bother, I do not have much to offer others anyway. But, the Bible emphasized the value of giving little things:

• A grain of corn
• A cup of cold water
• One talent
• The lost coin
• A kindness done “to the least of these”
• Five loaves and two fishes

And how powerful and dynamic the results!

Giving includes money, but it is far more than money. For every time you love, you plant a seed. Every time you give a word of encouragement, you plant a seed. Every time you pray for someone, you plant a seed. Every time you have a good thought toward someone, you plant a seed.

Have you heard this poem?

“A bell is not a bell
till you ring it,
A song is not a song
till you sing it,
Love in your heart
is not put there to stay,
Love is not love
till you give it away”

- Author Unknown.

Abundance and prosperity in life means that you do what Jesus did:

- You love first.
- You give first.
- You forgive first.
- You apologize first.
- You pray for others first.
- You smile first.
- You go the second mile first.
- You take the first step.

Your seed is your source for a miracle! God will always do His part. He will raise up a harvest, a supernatural harvest.

The key is whether or not you choose to sow. The choice is yours.

Yours for Purposeful Living