First, I want to lay out some important principles as we learn to ‘fulfill the purpose of the kingdom.’
# Kingdom Purpose: This tells us that we are in a kingdom that has a purpose.
The kingdom of God is a kingdom of purpose.
# The purpose of the kingdom is actually the purpose of the king of the kingdom.
So, when you say to fulfill the purpose of the kingdom, you are really saying to fulfill the purpose of the king who is our God.
# The kingdom is the only environment in which the king’s purpose must be carried out.
The king’s purpose cannot be carried out outside the king’s kingdom.
#The purpose of the king is the one that is going to be carried out in the kingdom is distributed or shared to the citizens of the kingdom.
This means that immediately you enter the kingdom of God, the purpose of God is on your head.
Immediately upon entering the kingdom, you become a member of the workforce that is carrying out the king’s purpose in the kingdom.
Coming into the kingdom leads you to a life that is driven by the purpose of the kingdom.
This means that you must be in pursuit of this purpose in order to remain relevant to the king and the kingdom. You must also have a dream to fulfill it.
The king’s purpose for the kingdom becomes our guide and the focus for everyone’s kingdom purpose.
But you cannot fulfill the purpose of a kingdom. You cannot fulfill the purpose that you do not know.
How do I fulfill the purpose of the kingdom?
# Discover your individual purpose in the kingdom
You start living the moment you discover your purpose.
As a citizen of the kingdom, you are born with a purpose that will be fulfilled in the kingdom.
And he said to them: How is it that you were looking for me? Did you not know that in my Father’s affairs it is necessary for me to be? -Luke 2:49
He who commits sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. For this the Son of God appeared, to undo the works of the devil. -1 John 3:8
God has a purpose for you whether you know it or not. You have the responsibility therefore to discover this purpose so that you fulfill your destiny.
Your destiny depends on your purpose.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came out of the womb I sanctified you, and gave you as a prophet to the nations. -Jeremiah 1:5
# Develop yourself for the pursuit of purpose
Personal development is a price you must pay to pursue and fulfill your kingdom purpose.
Until I come, pay attention to the reading, to the exhortation, to the doctrine. -1 Timothy 4:13
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. -2 Timothy 2:15
You will never be relevant beyond the level of your development.
Jefté, David, Daniel, José not only discovered their purposes, but they continued to develop.
It cannot pursue or fulfill a purpose for which it is not equipped.
# Dedicate yourself to the discovered purpose
It is one thing to discover your purpose in the kingdom, to develop yourself for it, and another thing is to dedicate yourself to the search and realization of the purpose.
Do you see a diligent man in his business? he will be before kings; he will not stand before evil men. -Proverbs 22:29
It will take dedication to purpose to experience the hidden blessings of your purpose.
Thus we built the wall; and the whole wall was joined up to the middle of it, because the people had the courage to work. -Nehemiah 4:6
So we worked on the play: and half of them held spears from dawn till the stars appeared. -Nehemiah 4:21
Jesus not only knew His purpose. He also committed to it.
Jesus knows them: My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work. -John 4:34
# Discipline yourself to fulfill your purpose
Nothing drives you to a life of discipline like purpose. And nothing makes you fulfill your purpose like discipline.
No success can be achieved without discipline.
It takes discipline both to pursue and to fulfill your purpose.
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s food, nor with the wine that he drank; therefore, he asked the prince of the eunuchs not to defile himself. -Daniel 1:8
Daniel didn’t just have a purpose. He was also a man of discipline. What he made home fulfills his mission.
Everything is lawful for me, but not everything suits me: everything is lawful for me, but I will not let myself be dominated by anyone. -1 Corinthians 6:12
But I keep holding my body, and I put it in bondage; unless somehow, having preached to others, I myself am cast off. -1 Corinthians 9:27
Philippians 4:11-12
11 Not that he speaks of necessity; for I have learned, in whatever state I find myself, to be content with it.
12 I know both to be humbled and to have abundance: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to have abundance and to suffer need.
