TIME, LIFE & PURPOSE

TIME, LIFE & PURPOSE

The time and space between birth and death exist for your purpose — your purpose is the reason for your existence that must be fulfilled. Your purpose is a gift from God, which is your God-given task on Earth, meant for the good of others and for the glory of God.

Chapters

• 0:00 Prayer And Theme: Time’s Essence
• 2:00 Defining Purpose Between Birth And Death
• 5:10 Earthly Calling Versus Spiritual Calling
• 9:40 Value, Fruit, And Accountability
• 14:20 Identity, Immigration, And Meaningful Work
• 19:30 Peace As A Sign Of Alignment
• 23:00 Preparation, Character, And Timing

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:00

Father God, as we are about to hear a very important topic, briefly, oh God, on the essence of time. Time, life, and purpose. Even the Father, our life is constrained within time. Our destiny is confined within time, oh God. Lord, we're not here to waste our lives, oh God, but we are here to fulfill our design, destined purposes, oh God, on the face of this earth in the name of Jesus. We want to stand before you, oh God, after we have lived a fulfilled life, for you to say to us, Well done, my faithful son, well done, my faithful daughter, oh God. When we leave this earth, oh God, we will not live a life of regret, but we will live a life of recognition, standing before our Maker, standing before our Lord, for you to give us that feedback. Well done, you have been earthly useful and you have been heavenly useful, oh God. Father God, help us to be wise in the manner of living our lives in such a time as this, oh God. We're not here just to occupy space and matter, but God, we are here, oh God, to occupy while you are coming, occupy in our callings, occupy in our businesses, occupy in our professions, Heavenly Father, because life is time and time is life. Gracious Father, help us, oh God, to know the urgency, to know how crucial it is that we need to use our time effectively, that we need to use our time wisely. We ask that you give us the discernment and the wisdom to do so. In Jesus' precious, powerful name, we have prayed. Amen. Child of God, I want to share with you guys briefly on time, life, and purpose. Time, life, and purpose. You see, God is the creator of time, life, and purpose under the sun. God is life himself. But when it comes to you and I as human beings, God has destined a time for every matter under the sun. Yes, our lives are lived according to time. The older you become, the closer you are to your grave. That is why the time of your conception and the time of your death, there's something in between the time of your birth and the time of your death. I want you to pay close attention to what is in between the time of your birth and the time of your death. That thing is what we call purpose. You are alive for a reason, you are not alive just to occupy space. Jesus said that a man's life does not consist of his possession because you and I we tend to define and describe our life according to the amount of possessions that we have. Oh, I have so many cars, I have so many houses in Kampala, in Kenya, in Sierra Leone, in Nigeria. So we base our life according to the possessions that we have. And Jesus said that man does not live by bread alone, meaning that we base our life based on the physical aspect of life, but life goes beyond the physical, life goes beyond possessions. Jesus said, man does not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds from my father's mouth. And Jesus said that seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and everything shall be added unto you. So Jesus is not neglecting or negating your life here on this earth, meaning that you have responsibilities to go to work. But what Jesus is trying to emphasize is your priority in this life. The essence of time, child of God. Your life is time, and time is life. In between the day that you were conceived and the day that you will live this earth, there's something called purpose. Many of us will have not discovered our purpose, and I cannot even speak about how you're gonna develop your purpose and deliver your purpose on this earth. There are two aspects of purpose. We have the spiritual purpose and the circular purpose. Most of us we are engaged in our circular purpose. There's nothing wrong about your circular purpose, which is pretty much your professional life. Even I, as believers, we have two, but the unbelievers only have one. That is their circular calling. Some people are called to become doctors, some people are called to become lawyers because God, when God created them, God put in them that innate ability which sometimes we call talent. And because you're able to discover your talent, you are able to live your life on purpose on this earth. But you're not able to live your life on a spiritual purpose because the only way you can live a spiritual purpose, you have to have Jesus in your life. Because when you receive Jesus Christ, guess what's gonna happen? The Holy Spirit will come in you and endow you with spiritual gifts and fruits, and then call it. So we as believers, we have two purposes. We have our circular purpose, which is sometimes we call our profession, our career, or if you're an entrepreneur, you have your own company. That is your earthly purpose, meaning that you are useful on this earth. Yes, you can be useful on this earth, but you're useless when it comes to heavenly matters. But at the end of the day, what's gonna count is how useful you are when it comes to things that pertains to God. Because things on this earth they will not last, they will come to an end. That is why Jesus said, Invest your treasures, not on this earth, but invest your treasures above. That is why, when you are a child of God, first thing that you need to do, you're not just saved to sit in church, you are saved to serve. You are saved to serve because Jesus Christ has commissioned all believers to go to the whole world and and and disciple and baptize. But most of us in church, when Holy Spirit is saying that, I have so many gifts to offer you. But you're just a bench warmer in church. Child of God, take your life very seriously, and life works with time. It's good to work, it's good to make money, but are you finding any satisfaction in what you're doing? Do you find any meaning in what you're doing? This is what I tell students: don't just study any program in school, study something that is in line with your potential, your innate abilities that God has put in you. If you know that you know how to draw, go to school and study creative design, go to school and study illustration. So, child of God, discover your purpose in this life because your time in this life is confined to your purpose. When you die, that is the end of your life. And do you know what? When you die, you're gonna give an account to God based on what I call the two W's. Number one, you're gonna give an account to God based on your work. Your work is your conduct of life, your lifestyle, how you live your life. Are you a fornicator? Are you a liar? Are you a uh a thief? Or are you a righteous man, a holy man? God, you are gonna give an account to God when you stand before Him. Based on your work, you will be judged, and also you'll be judged based on your work, on your work, so you having that potential of healing, you having that potential of leadership, you having that potential of administration, you having that potential of networking, and you're not using it at all. God is gonna hold you accountable. You see, your purpose is given to you, number one, for the goodness of others. If your purpose is only serving you, you are a selfish man and a selfish woman. Number two, your purpose is also given for the glory of God. It is given for the good of humanity, that whatever you are doing, that is why Mouse Moreau defined purpose as your fruits, that people come to you. You are a tree, people come and eat of your fruits. Some of us, the fruits that we possess, nobody wants to eat of us. Who wants to eat of the fruit of your life? Your life is not bearing fruit, nobody wants to come to you because your life is not valuable, your life is not impacting. In this life, we live in the marketplace of value. Life is all about value. Nobody will come to you if you're valueless, nobody will come to you if you are skillless, nobody will come to you if you have no sense of purpose at all. That is why your creator has endowed you with a sense of value, and your value is your purpose. I hope you're listening. You are a tree where people need to eat of your fruit. What kind of tree are you? What kind of fruit are you bearing? That people are not able to eat of your fruit because your fruit is bitter, your fruit is unripe. What are you producing in this life? Young man, young woman, what are you doing with your life? You think that you are you're still young and beautiful, that you have the entire day to live your life. It's a lie. Time will catch up with you, time will catch up with you. If I were you, I would hold on to my creator and say, God, who am I? God, introduce me to me. I don't want social media to introduce me, I don't want my friends to introduce me. I don't want any boyfriend, girlfriend to introduce me. God, tell me who I am. The reason why some of us we are lost in this life is because we don't have no sense of identity, no sense of purpose, and we fought for any book crap. Child of God, life is of the essence. Life is constrained by time. We are about to enter into 2026. Think about it. Ask yourself, why am I here? Some of us we are immigrants. Ask yourself, why are you in Canada? Why are you in this land? Are you just yet to wake up 9 to 5, go to work, come home, sleep, maybe on Sundays, go to church. Is that what life is all about in this country, Canada? It's a lie. I refuse to live such a life in Canada. And then you send your money back home. You're asking yourself that God, I have spent 80% of my life in work. That's what Steve Jobs said. That you and I we will spend 80% of our life existence just working. Who betray you? You are doing a work that you do not like. Your work is what you are paid for, your purpose is what you are made for. What you are made for, there is grace. I remember when I chose a job for higher pay. But if you are the amount of stress, lack of peace, I left that job. I said, Ah, lie, like me, I will choose peace over money. I said, I will choose peace over money. I will just manage my little place, eat my food. At least my mind is free. Child of God, what you look for is this as much as you want to make so much money, look for meaning. Look for meaning. Wake up every morning, you're happy to go to work. When I came back to my new job, my old job, because I left my old job for a new job because my my old job they would not pay me that well. The new job paid me so well, but the amount of stress is just too much. Every time I go to work, I'm paranoid. I don't want to see the faces of the clients because I'm just too scared. Now when I came back to my old job, I'm so happy going to work. I'm so happy going to work, child, because it's in line with who I am. All I do, I just solve problems. That's all. I just solve problems. Child of God, when you discover your purpose, it's pretty much who you are, and you get paid for your purpose. You will get paid for your purpose because God has put your benefit, your profit into your purpose. Your purpose is your life's work. Your life's work. It is precious, productive, profitable, and you should prioritize it. There is time and purpose under the sun, and both time and purpose are originated from God. And um if you look at Ecclesiastes chapter three from um verse 13, it's going to define what purpose is. Amen. It says Ecclesiastes chapter 3, verse 13, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good all of his labor. It is the gift of God. So since your purpose is your life's work, in essence, your purpose is God's gift to you. Your purpose is a gift. You didn't work for it, you were born with it. And the sad thing is that most of us will end up living this life and never been able to discover our purpose. If you're even able to discover your purpose, that purpose comes in a raw state, and you need to develop it before you can deliver it. Most of us we know that you know what, I am very good with accounting, I'm very good with numbers, but you refuse to go to school to sharpen that skill set, to sharpen that knowledge set. Some of us were from Africa, we're in you in Canada. Don't stop what you used to do back in Uganda, don't stop what you used to do back in Kenya. I know you might say, you know what, I'm too old to go back to school, but you know for sure you used to be a politician. Go back to school and study that. If that's your purpose, go back to school and earn a degree and become an influence and change our society. Don't limit yourself. My friend Nathan, this man is an example of a man that has two purposes. He's he's a business tycoon and he's an amazing worshiper. He's utilizing that. He's an entrepreneur. He's I told him, like, bro, you're in your gifts, you are in your talent and your spiritual gift. We see, we see an example in the life of this young man. His spiritual gift is worship, he knows how to praise. You should see his professional work. I have never seen beautifiers. I know sometimes women are the beautifiers, but this is the first time I'm seeing a man that can beautify a woman. Number two, look what it says in Ecclesiastes chapter 3, verse 10. I have seen the God-given tax with which the Son of Man had to be occupied. So your purpose is your God-given tax. That is what God has given you to occupy yourself with. Your purpose makes your life precious. Child of God, when you know your purpose, your life becomes so precious. Look what Paul states Philippians chapter 3, verse 14. It says, I press toward the goal for the price of the higher call of God in Christ Jesus. Paul is saying that I'm pressing towards the higher call because this higher call is so precious to me, and I'm gonna do everything, I'm gonna do whatever it takes to achieve this higher call. So your purpose is precious. Another point, your purpose makes your life productive, it makes your life productive. Look what Jesus said in Luke chapter 19, verse 13. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minors, and said to them, Do business till I come. Some translations will state occupy till I come. So your purpose makes you productive in life.

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Wow. Wow.

SPEAKER_00: 17:13

When you know your purpose, like like God will add more time to you, child of God. How do you know that you're not in your purpose when there's lack of peace? How do you know that you're not in alignment with your purpose when there is no peace? Sometimes you want to do something, but God is saying that, oh, oh, oh, God, no what I can do all things through Christ. That's a lie. You cannot do all things through Christ who strengths you. You can only do all things according to your purpose. I know sometimes we want the um permissive will of God, but not the perfect will of God. Child of God, we need to know the difference between the permissive and the perfect will of God. The permissive will of God is God allowing you to do certain things. But guess what? You're not gonna you're not gonna enjoy it, you will just endure. Every day you have to ask grace, God, give me more grace, like me. What my when I went back to that new job. Every day when I go to work, God give me more grace, give me more grace. I pray for grace every single day. But now I don't pray for grace because grace comes naturally. When I wake up, I am full of grace going to work. But the other job when I went to every day, God give me grace, even to talk, God give me grace. Ah, God give me grace to control my anger, God give me grace, child of God. When you are out of alignment, you are frustrated. Amen. So, your purpose gives your life a sense of priority, it narrows down who you should engage with, it narrows down your friendship, it narrows down your activities. Child of God, narrow down your life, focus on what is essential, put God first, key relationships, key relationships. This is what I tell people who are new to Canada, people like us from Africa. Don't just associate with the Kenyans if you're from Kenya, don't just associate with Ugandans if you're from Ugandans, associate with other communities, associate with the Indians, associate with the Chinese. You are children of God. We cannot settle for PSW. If you're still young, go back to school. If you're still old, go back to school, pursue an education. Canada is not like Africa. There's so many opportunities, I'm telling you. Make use of them. Child of God, please make use of them. Okay now, how do you use before I close? How do you use your time wisely and successfully to fulfill your purpose in life? For appointment and appearance. Time gives you an appointment, and times allow you to appear. Look what God says to the man in Exodus chapter 23, verse 17. Three times in the year of all of your males shall appear before the Lord. So there's a specific time in life when it's your chance to be visible. When is your chance to appear? Sometimes we want to appear when we're not ready. Appear yourself before you're asking God for exposure. You see, success can kill you if you don't have character. Success can kill you if you don't have character. Before you allow God to appoint you to certain positions, even the position that I occupy was beyond me. The money was there, but the competences were not there. And I needed more training. I was desperate for extra cash to take care of my family back home. I was desperate. But I've learned. Acquire skills. Develop yourself. Don't just acquire one skill. You see, we are in a world of AI. AI, artificial intelligence, taking over all the jobs. Child of God, if you don't update yourself, you'll be outdated. If you don't update yourself, you will be outdated in this life. Don't just stick to one industry. Don't just stick to one career field. Focus. Develop yourself in multiple areas. Develop yourself in multiple areas. So you can use your time wisely and efficiently for achievements in life. For achievement in life to accomplish your goals. We all have goals. Set a time. You know what? Maybe 2026, I'm gonna apply to get my Canadian status. After when I get my Canadian status, what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna go back to school. If you're young, if you're old, go back to school, try to figure out exactly what you want to study, and then maybe get a profession. And then after that, I'm gonna work towards getting a house. Getting a house, stop renting, focus on buying a house. There are many government incentives out there to help first-time own buyers to purchase your own home. You see, the reason why some of us don't know the opportunities that are in Canada because we're not exposed. We can use our time wisely to actualize our purpose. Because you see, all God's purpose are fulfilled in due time. That is why you think you have the old day. You don't, mama, you don't, my brother, you don't, my sister. You don't have the entire day. Don't procrastinate. Procrastination will kill your life. Prioritize your life accordingly. Serious talks. Find good relationships. Know yourself. Know what you can handle, what you cannot handle. Amen. So the last one is accountability. This is where I'm gonna end. Okay, I've said a lot regarding time and purpose. But at the end of the day, child of God, listen to this. You're gonna give an account of your life. You're gonna God is gonna hold you accountable. God is gonna say, young man, I gave you talents to sing. Young woman, I give you business acumen to start up jobs. Do you know that every one of us we attach to your destiny? Every one of us, we attached to your destiny. So that is why you need to know your purpose by fire, by force. Because if you don't fulfill your purpose, people that God has put around you to be a blessing to them, they will not be blessed because you have not fulfilled your purpose, because you are the agent for their solution. In this lifetime, there is a deadline. Do you know why the word deadline comes from? Deadline. When you have to submit a paper, there's a deadline. Do you know why that is? That word deadline is because in this life there's a completion to everything under the sun. When somebody gives you a work, your boss hands you over a responsibility, execute it. Don't procrastinate. You can lose contract because of procrastination. If our Musumba assign you to a responsibility, do it because other people's spiritual life depends on you. There's a deadline to your life. Child of God, there's a deadline to your life. It does not matter how long you have lived in this life or how old you are, how beautiful you are, there's a deadline. You don't even know when you're gonna go. You don't even know when you're gonna go. You don't even know when you're gonna go. Do you know what will keep you to live long? It's because of your purpose. Do you know what will keep you to live long? It's because of do you know that your purpose puts uh uh an edge of protection over you? Even if Satan wants to kill you, Lila, he will not kill you because you are a man or a woman of purpose.