AM THINKIN… How to discover your Destiny.
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For the
past months, i have been studying and meditating on these three most important
questions as defined by Dr Shawn Smith:
Who am i?
Where did I come from?
Why am I here on earth?
Dr Annie Smith in her life changing
book Burning
with Purpose opens the chapter on destiny and purpose by saying we are
called to ask ourselves these important questions at some point in time if we
must make progress.
But unfortunately for many of us, the answers
to these questions are farfetched and we end up making wrong choices, taking
wrong paths and pursuing the wrong destinies.
Several years on, after sacrificing family and health to make money, we
spend all the money trying to regain our health and family relations. This is
the case of most if not all the success stories we hear of and admire in this
life. At the end of their lives, they always have one regret; if I had to live
again, I will spend more time with my family and do something else with my
life.
When your
pursuit in life is driven by the desire to make money (which in itself is not a
bad thing) you will end up doing anything to get money.
Destiny is
one of those words and concepts that many all over the world have tried to
understand and define from different perspectives, most of the time very
limited definitions.
If I were
to define destiny I will still refer to Burning with Purpose by Dr Annie
Smith. She writes “Destiny is what God has foreordained you to be. It is the role he has
assigned for you to play here on earth, which will give you a particular
platform in life. Your destiny is as unique as your personality.”
Destiny
therefore is what you have been fashioned to be. Your make up (looks, size, height,
talents, skills, etc) constitute your personality which is unique to you and
this is indicative of what you have been purposed to become.
As I was
reading through some notes I gathered during a seminar I attended on purpose and Destiny by Dr Shawn Smith, I came across some
questions he said we must answer if we
are to find out what we have been destined to become and do.
These are
the steps to discovering your destiny I want to share with you and hopefully at
the end of it all, you will confidently say; now I know who I am, where I came
from and why I am on earth.
1) What
is the greatest desire in your heart?
God has
placed desires in your heart that are natural to you. You did not study, or
struggle to get it, you naturally desire to do such or be such. These desires
are positive energies that determine our destiny. According to Dr Smith once
these desires are fully developed, they become dreams.
2) What brings you a true sense of
satisfaction in life?
What is
that thing that gives you satisfaction, that even if you were to gain nothing
in the natural, you will do so wholeheartedly because of the satisfaction you
derive? That is also indicative of the destiny you have been foreordained for.
What is
more important to you than material gain? This is not to say material gain is wrong
but Dr Smith says if you do that thing with all your heart it will produce
material satisfaction. The power of conviction and persuasion is universal and
applies to everyone. Whatever you do with all your heart, believe it will work .For
example I derive satisfaction, fulfillment from sharing this with you all,
coaching, guiding, knowing that this is going to make a difference in your life
and pursuit makes me happy.
“If you put your heart in what you are doing
with your hand, your heart will do what your hand cannot do” Dr S Smith
3) What produces passion and enthusiasm in
your heart?
What
ignites your passion and fuels your enthusiasm? What is that thing that has
completely consumed you that all your being is involved in it and you committed
to it to the point of even suffering for it. This is called passion, zeal
something so important to you that you are willing to take an action. Dr Shawn
Smith says enthusiasm is so powerful and has a magnetic force that will draw
and attract attention
4) What flows out of you naturally?
What is it
that you do that flows out of you effortlessly? You are more successful in the
domain where you produce least effort. Contrary to what we have been told, that
we have to work hard to be able to make it in life, destiny is effortless. The
things that you do so easily are the things you have been called to do. In
creating you, God tailored you to be a solution in that particular domain. You
have extraordinary results effortlessly. The things many went to school to
train to become, you are naturally exhibiting and using them without formal
training. To many it is so complex but
to you it is so clear. When you are walking in destiny Dr Shawn smith says
people will always ask you “how did you do that?” this is because of the mark
of distinction in the midst of the so many people doing the same thing.
5) Where do you produce your maximum/ best
impact or result?
The results
you get in your life announce your destiny. Many believe you need to suffer to
see results but that is not the case. Rather if you are not seeing major fruit
from your endeavors , you need to reposition yourself. You will never get right
fruit in the wrong environment. Take for
example, if you plant oranges in the Sahara desert, it will never germinate no
matter how patient you are in waiting. Seed needs a particular environment to
produce fruit, same with you like Dr Smith said, you are a living seed and you
need a particular place for manifestation.
6) What can you do confidently knowing that it
will work in total peace?
Let’s
repeat this simple exercise Dr Smith gave us. Close your eyes and think about
all the careers, professions that exist in the world. Imagine that no matter
what your choice will be, we will all be paid equal salary at the end. Which
will you choose? That is destiny! Given that we will all receive equal salary;
your choice didn’t come because of money but out of conviction. This choice is
accompanied by peace, which should be your primary premonition. The absence of
peace in your choices and decisions is indicative of lack of conviction and
probably failure.
7) What do you see yourself doing for the rest
of your life?
This is the
tough one because many individuals unfortunately are so unstable. Always
looking for the next buzz and big thing. What God called you to do is for a
lifetime, methods may change but it remains the same assignment. What is that
thing that you can see yourself still doing 50 years from now? I will still be coaching and training.
We need our
life time to accomplish our destinies, many have started, and some are yet to
start. Where ever you find yourself in this journey of discovery and impacting
the world, you need to realign yourself to priorities as you answer these
questions and when you discover what ignites your passion, what fuels your enthusiasm, get to work!!!!!!!
“If a man sets himself
on fire with the purpose ordained by God for his life, the whole world will
gather to watch him burn” Dr Shawn Smith
Suggested
reading / listening:
Burning
with Purpose by Dr Annie Smith
Purpose and
Destiny Conference Pack by Dr Shawn Smith
Purpose
driven Life by Rick Warren
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