Purpose of Man

Hello everyone!!! – The crew of Light Team Dynasty is screaming HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS

Oh yes! It’s a new year and just like we all have had and are still having thoughts about areas in our lives that need change, as we all want to tap into the blessing of a new year to groom ourselves. Yes we desire a ‘new’ us, well maybe not ‘new….new’ but a spiced up and enhanced version of us. So in the light of that we thought to share with you this powerful article about the one topic that covers it all up – the question that answers to our whole essence “what is the purpose of man?” and as the great legend, Myles Munore fondly says “when the purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable”. Another great quote says “you can’t keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result” – light team is calling upon everyone this year to light up their lamps ….know the truth, accept it and be set free!

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THE PURPOSE OF MAN

Author – Living Stream Ministry

MAN – THE UNIQUE CREATION

The highest development, the maturity, of created life is man. Throughout all the centuries no life has surpassed the human life. Physically, man is weaker than some of the animals, but this weakness is far outweighed by man’s superior consciousness, including his feelings and reasoning ability. Yet man is not just the highest life among creation; he is also the unique life. Regarding all the varieties of plant and animal life that God created, He said that each one was “according to its kind” (Gen. 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25) or “according to its kind” (v. 21). But when He came to man, “God created man in His own image” (v. 27). This is the unique and very important point concerning man.

VESSELS FOR EXPRESSION

Why was man created in the image of God? It was in order that man might have the ability to express God. No other part of creation has this capacity because it was not created according to God’s image. God’s intention was that one day He, in the person of Christ, would enter into man and be expressed through man. Romans 9:21 and 23 reveal to us that man was made as a vessel, a container. In addition, 2 Corinthians 4:7 says, “We have this treasure in earthen vessels.” Here we see a basic revelation of the Bible – man is an earthen vessel to contain Christ as the treasure. Let us use the illustration of a glove. A glove is made in the image of the hand so that the hand might enter into the glove. Likewise, we human beings have an intellect, emotion, and will which were created according to Christ, who is the image of God (2 Cor. 4:4). But without Christ these faculties lack true meaning. Christ Himself has the highest intellect, the real emotion, and the perfect will. The faculty of our intellect may be compared to the empty thumb of a glove – Christ’s intellect may be compared to the real thumb of a human hand. The real thumb needs to get into the thumb of the glove; then the two will become one. One is the appearance, the expression, while the other is the reality, the content. Likewise our capacity of love, goodness, and patience must become the container and expression of the love, goodness, and patience of Christ,

Now we can see why God created man. We are here to contain and express Christ and to be one with Him. Whatever we are, whatever we have, and whatever we can do is like an empty glove, prepared to hold all that Christ is, all that Christ has, and all that Christ can do. Everything we are by nature is inadequate because we lack the divine element. Christ Himself must enter into every part of us. Exhortations for peace and love, though given with good intentions, are of no avail because in ourselves we lack the perfect love and the real peace. Our need today is to receive the Lord and to be filled with Him.

BEING FILLED WITH CHRIST

Practically, how can Christ enter into our being? Romans 9 tells us that we are vessels, and Romans 10 shows us the way to fill the vessel. Every vessel has a mouth, an opening. Our mouth was made to call on the name of the Lord Jesus so that we could be filled with Him. The bible says that He is “rich to all who call upon Him” (Rom. 10:12). Christ is inconceivably rich. And His riches are not just what He can do for us or give us; the highest riches are all aspects of His glorious being flowing into the corresponding parts of our being. Moreover, because of His death and resurrection, Christ is now so available to be received by anyone who would desire Him. He only asks that you turn your heart to Him, open your mouth, and call upon His name in a sincere and definite way. THE LIVING CHRIST WILL MEET YOU AND COME INTO YOUR BEING. Then you will be a complete person, filled with Christ as your content.

Furthermore, once we have received this rich Christ, we should continue daily to call upon His name, purposefully opening our whole being to Him, each fresh opening results in a fresh filling of the Spirit. How glorious is the purpose of man! As vessels, we receive and contain Christ that He might be expressed through our entire being.

God bless you for reading and we do hope you come back to read and re-read if you have to…just so it really sinks in. Please kindly feel free to drop a message in the comment section with our email address to start up a more detailed private conversation on the topic OR we can just converse in the comment section on here. Also do you have a bible of yours? We highly recommend you purchase one such as the NEW KING JAMES version in a book shop or download YOUVERSION bible app on your mobile device and you could start to enjoy your selves in the pages that set free and produce unspeakable peace

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Life may be tough, you can be Tougher!

 

I started my first business with #200 (Two Hundred Naira) because these market women supported me. If you are conversant with Obafemi Awolowo University, Central Market, you will probably know the two women in this picture Iya Yemisi and Iya Quadri, the other man is the husband of the old woman that I used to buy groundnut in bulk from, she could not make my convocation but she asked her husband to represent her. They are part of my success story as far as my graduation from OAU is concerned.

I always share the story of how I started my first business with #200 (a dozen of groundnut and a bag of purewater) in my room in ETF Hostel in my year two because things was so difficult that semester. I have no other alternative than to start something to sustain myself because I was tired of borrowing money from friends to feed and I don't want to keep pressuring them at home.

With determination and hard work, staying awake in the night sometimes even though I have 7am class the following day I grew the business from #200 to #500,000 sales per month and #2,000,000 sales (‪#‎2million‬) per semester. I employed at least six people as managers that I paid their salaries and fed. I moved from being a beggar to someone feeding others. I discovered during that period that we may never discover who God want us to be until we go through tough time.

But the whole story cannot be complete without appreciating these women and many others who on many occasions sold crates of egg, tomatoes paste, salt, groundnut, pepper and many other things for me on credit to support me. Also my wonderful room mates especially Seun Adesida, Adewunmi Tolulope, Monday Jacob, Isaac Chima and many others who assisted me whenever I wasn't around.

I learnt a lot as the CEO of that business, in fact I became most popular in ETF and Central Market. It also helped me to emerge as Accounting Students President for a whole session. My room was the most frequent room in the hall, we have to run 18 hours per day. I was the seller of last resort especially for those who have gone to read overnight.

My best moment in OAU was with these old women in the market. Their distance smiles anytime they see me coming is forever sticked to my memory. The surprising thing is that they are muslims while I am christian. But religion never brought any disagreement between us but instead we cherished each other and shared a lot of things together even personal issues. They took me like their son. We even ate together on many occasions in the market.

Sometimes I always wish we can live together in this country without turning our religion differences into a basis for hatred. I believe our differences should bring us closer because it is a strength rather than the weakness we see it as. Our differences should harmonize us rather than tearing us apart. Progress is easily achieved in an atmosphere of love and harmony.

My friend, life may be tough for you now, but you can be tougher, you can turn your difficulties to opportunities and make something worthwhile out of your life.

As at today I am a CEO of my company today "Seravision Brooks Business Solutions". Although we are still small, my vision is to become like microsoft and provide employment for millions of people all the world.

Even if you are from a rich home that doesn't mean you shouldn't develop yourself, you can start a business or learn something not because of money as your case may be but because it will serve as a way of developing yourself. You will be able to learn a lot of things that will be useful for you in future.

You don't have excuse for not succeeding. I know your story may be so pathetic and you see it as a reason good to accept failure. Let me tell you something, greatness is in you already, but you have to work hard to bring it out and I know you can. I wish you success in all your endeavors and whatever may happen along the way, never, never, never, never give up and don't forget to always appreciate people God used to make you who you are. ‪#‎support‬ Sera Sandals Project with just #500 and impact a student life.

‪#‎IamVincentAdeoba‬: I-Lead, I-Inspire, I-Impact. Share To Inspire Someone.

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Amazing God!

A friend had an interview to attend at 10am but his wife developed complications at 9am. He decided to take the wife to the hospital and leave for the interview thereafter but on their way to the hospital, the taxi broke down. It was already 10:30am before he could get another taxi. 

 

He arrived the hospital at 11am, dropped the wife and used the same taxi to go for the interview. He arrived the interview venue at 12noon (2hours late). He rang the bell but no one opened the door. Earlier at 10am, the mail delivery company had rang the bell but no one opened the door too. When the door was finally opened, Mr Peter said "I'm sorry, I came... wanting to apologise for coming late but the Secretary interrupted before he could finish his statement and ushered him to the Board room. The Secretary said, I apologise Mr Peter for keeping you waiting since 10am, we actually heard when the bell rang at 10am but we were held up in a meeting with our company suppliers... 

However we have sat since 8am to deliberate on your job specification, your office and the salary. 

Mr Peter was baffled and said, "Ma'am, I haven't been interviewed yet’’.
The MD answered him and said "we decided not to conduct the interview at least to save time and also save the interviewees money on transport, so we looked at the papers for the most appropriate person we want and we opted for you. You won't be disappointed. You’ll be shown your office, your secretary and the driver
assigned to drive your company's allotted vehicle. You’ll be on probation for 2yrs. He got the job!!!

On his way out, his phone rang and it was the wife. She said honey, I was delivered of a bouncing baby boy. It was their fifth child and the only male child. He immediately called the child miracle. He got a double miracle same day, all the disappointments turned out to favour him.

God positioned the mail delivery man to ring the bell at 10am. God also held them up in the meeting until Mr Peter arrived.

Note: You might be held up by issues in your life and hope might be diminishing and you think the chance is gone. But you know what? God's waiting for you to release His favour, so don't go back along the way, don't quit, don't be upset by what you face along the way.
In fact, God has already deliberated on your specifications...One more thing,you don't have to go through any interview, since you have all the qualifications God wants. 

My prayers for you:
1. God will position somebody at the right place and the right time for you who will ring the bell in your favour.
2. God will turn all your disappointments to be a blessing for you.
3. Every positive meeting will end in your favour and every negative meeting will scatter in your favour.

Remain blessed beyond measure!
Best wishes in 2016

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