{"id":328,"date":"2012-12-06T13:26:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T05:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=328"},"modified":"2012-12-06T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T05:26:45","slug":"lifes-purpose-and-annointing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/lifes-purpose-and-annointing\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s Purpose and Annointing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a contemplation of the meaning of these all.<br \/>\nI do believe that when God created a person, he has a purpose. For He&#8217;s God with purpose. Not doing things unthinkingly or haphazardly. The whole account of the Bible clearly says that God is wonderful planner &amp; creator.<br \/>\nAs such, every person carry life&#8217;s mission. The purpose which God created them.<\/p>\n<p>The next question then&#8230;whether up to them to find out? Or God will tell them? Or probably both ways? Looking quickly into the Bible, and these few patters appear:<br \/>\n1. Anointing moments (be it directly by God himself, or by someone else whom the Lord sends)<br \/>\n   Example whom someone else anoint the person for his life mission:<br \/>\n        &#8211; Joseph by Pharaoh : &#8220;you&#8217;re to be 2nd in charge after me&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Saul by Ananias : &#8220;brother Saul, the Lord sent me to annoint you &#8230;. to proclaim his name among the gentiles&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Paul &amp; Barnabas by the Church : &#8220;Dedicate Paul &amp; Barnabas for the task I&#8217;ve assigned for them&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Saul &amp; David by Samuel then subsequent kings  : &#8220;I annoint you King over Israel..&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Peter by Jesus : &#8220;You are now fishers of men.&#8221;<br \/>\n   Example those annointed by God himself through divine encounter:<br \/>\n        &#8211; Abraham : &#8220;Go into the place i will show you&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Moses: &#8220;I sent you to Pharaoh..&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Jesus: &#8220;This is my son whom I&#8217;m well pleased.&#8221;<br \/>\n        &#8211; Jeremiah: &#8220;I called you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What then if we never encounter those moments in life? Meaning God didn&#8217;t speak directly, or nobody come to us and tell us the mission for us? <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42 Continue next moment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a contemplation of the meaning of these all. I do believe that when God created a person, he has a purpose. For He&#8217;s God with purpose. Not doing things unthinkingly or haphazardly. The whole account of the Bible clearly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/lifes-purpose-and-annointing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouraged","category-restful"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1434,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/in-the-beginning\/","url_meta":{"origin":328,"position":0},"title":"In the Beginning","author":"clay","date":"January 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been a month since we landed here in Melbourne city. 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