Ecclesiasts 5:18 Then I realized that it is good and
proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find
satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the
sun during the few days of life God has given
him-for this is his lot. 19 Moreover, when God
gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables
him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy
in his work-this is a gift of God. 20 He seldom
reflects on the days of his life, because God
keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
Finding your life’s purpose is a gift from God.
Imagine being HAPPY on your job. Imagine jumping
up each morning before the alarm clock rings
because you are excited about your day–excited
about your work.
That’s exactly how you will feel once you discover
God’s purpose for your life.
Do you realize that 90% of the people who get up
each morning to go to work, HATE the work that
they do? Imagine that. You spend more time on
your job than you do with your family. Wouldn’t
it only make sense that you spend the majority
of your time doing something that you love to do?
The only thing that is stopping you from a life
of happiness and prosperity is your unwillingness
TO ACCEPT YOUR LOT IN LIFE.
You are here for a reason.
You have talents and abilities that were given to
you as gifts from God. Your lack of willingness to
accept these gifts and to use them in the way God
intended you to use them, is causing you pain,
heartache and hatred in your life.
Why aren’t you using those gifts?
Don’t you hate it when you take time,
go shopping, and pick out what you believe
is the perfect gift for your friend, spouse
or loved one, and then they just take the
gift and throw it on the side? Doesn’t that
make you angry?
Well, that is how you are making God feel
when you take His gifts to you–your talents
and abilities–and simply toss them on the
side while you work on a job that brings
you no satisfaction.
If you ask a person who hates their job,
why they continue to work there, the answers
are always the same:
I need the money.
Bills got to be paid.
I’m afraid to leave, the economy is bad.
I’m just lucky to have a job.
Do you realize that the mere fact that you have
those beliefs is what is holding in on that job?
You are allowing fear to keep you from accepting
and using the gifts that God has given to you.
Fear, that without that job, you will be without money.
Fear, that without that job, you won’t be able
to pay your bills.
Fear, that if you left that job, you won’t be
able to find any means to support yourself.
Fear, that if you quit your job, you will
be homeless, without food and in debt.
Fear is causing you to live an unhappy life.
Here’s my question to you. I know you are a
Christian and that you believe in God, so
“wad up with all dat fear?” (For those who are
unfamiliar with Ebonics (smile) wad up means “what’s up”
and dat = “that”.)
Fear doesn’t come from God. The bible tells us
that God hasn’t given us the spirit of fear.
And if you truly, I mean TRULY, believe in God,
you know that He will provide all of your needs
and that there is never anything to fear.
Ok, Ok, I hear what you are thinking (did I
tell you that I can read minds he he he).
You are saying to yourself, “that sounds good
on paper, but fear is real.”
I know it’s real. It’s one of the strongest
emotions that we possess.
But the key to conquering your fears is to
put ALL of your trust in God.
And the key to putting all of your trust in
God is developing a strong relationship with Him.
That’s all He generally wants from us–for us to
acknowledge Him in everything that we do. He wants
us to know that our talents and gifts come from Him.
He wants us to use our talents and abilities,
our gifts, to serve His people in some capacity.
The thing that you must understand is that once
you start living your life with purpose, using
the talents and gifts that you possess in the way
they were designed to be used–to serve others–
you will not have to worry about money ever again.
Once you learn how to develop a relationship with
God where you lean on Him and depend on Him to
meet all of your needs–He will.
Once you accept this and apply it to your life,
you will find out that life is easy and quite
effortless. Just by living a more spiritual life,
things will become easy for you. Where you once
struggled to make ends meet, ends will be meeting
like a (oh, forgive me for that one). People will
come into your life who are willing to help you get
to the next level. You will start attracting all
kinds of so called miracles into your life. Brillant
ideas will come to you when you least expect it.
You will see and feel God’s hands orchestrating your
life. You will be able to sit back and let him
take the driver’s seat because you have been doing
it wrong for so long. Now, you understand that
He is in charge–not you. And once He is in charge
you feel safe and secure with no worries or fears.
I just want to tell you this story real quick.
I moved out of my parents house my senior year
in college and lived by myself from the age of 21 to 32.
I lived alone and each night, I would lay in bed
tossing and turning for hours until I feel asleep.
Every sound I heard would cause me to jump up. I was
fearful, at night, of being alone. I did it because I
had to do it but I rarely got a good nights sleep.
After I met my husband, who is a rather big guy,
falling to sleep at night was easy and simple.
I just laid down and within a minute or two I
would be asleep. Why? Because I felt safe. The
fear that I had experienced for so many years,
was simply gone. Because I didn’t have to worry
about the sounds that I heard at night–that’s
what he is here for. If something went “bump”
in the night, I didn’t hear it, he did, and he
would take care of it.
That’s how you should put your trust in God.
Discover your passions and your talents.
Think of a way that you can use your
talents to serve God’s people. And trust
that you can do it and that by doing it
God will take care of the rest. He will
bring you prosperity and happiness because
you are living the life He intended for you
to live.
Fear FREE!
Dawn Fields is a Motivational Speaker, Author and Life Coach who teaches how to discover God’s purpose for your life and incorporate it into a lucrative career. Visit her web site at
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