This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                         Created For A Purpose


Child of Mine, you were created for a purpose.  Even before you were born,
I had already selected a special purpose for you to accomplish, something
that you were custom-made to do for Me.  I have created you with exactly 
the right characteristics and temperament for this task.  And only in My 
purpose will you find a full measure of satisfaction and sense of 
accomplishment.

Many of My children have tried to find their own purpose and destiny 
instead of asking Me what I created them to do.  But you will not find 
the contentment you are looking for apart from fulfilling My destiny on 
your life. If you feel inadequate, it may be because you are trying to 
accomplish something other that what I created you to do.  If you are 
feeling frustrated and unfulfilled, that is another indication that you 
are attempting to serve a purpose other than the one you were created 
for.  If you are in that place, then repent and turn to Me and allow Me 
to place you into your destiny.

Don't resist My plans for you, child, it will only bring you frustration.  
Do not be afraid of the destiny I have chosen for you. I desire your joy 
to be full. But you will only find that fullness when you are in submission 
to My plan for your life.  Child, you are not a mistake, and you are not 
an accident.  You have exactly the characteristics I created you with for 
a very specific reason.  And if you allow Me to place you into the destiny 
that I have pre-selected for you, you will find it is a perfect fit.  You 
will have the wherewithal to accomplish the tasks I set before you
and to do them well.  You will have a sense of completion in doing what 
I have created you to do.  Child, I am not looking to set you into 
something you will hate.  Rather, I desire to place you into that which 
will bring you great satisfaction and joy. I custom-made you for just
that purpose -- it will satisfy you.

So trust Me, child of Mine.  Seek My will and My destiny for your life,
and I will show it to you clearly.  If you ask, I will work in your 
circumstances to move you in the direction I desire you to go in.  I will
plant your feet on the path that I have selected for you, and I will
show you how to walk in it.  The secret to success is not to lean on your
own strength or your own abilities or your own understanding.  Instead,
lean on Me. Look to Me. Obey Me.

Then I will thrust you into the fullness of My plans and purposes for you.  
My plans for you are good, they will bring you a hope and a future.  They 
will permit you to experience the satisfaction of knowing you are squarely 
placed in your destiny and knowing that I am using you in it to My glory. 
So come with Me. Watch Me and see what I am doing in your life. And then 
I will enable you to do it with Me in My power and in My anointing.  My 
plans for you are good. Trust Me and follow them.  Submit your life to Me, 
and you will not regret it. I will work My glory in your circumstances, 
and I will place you squarely into your calling and destiny -- and then I 
will empower you to do well at it. For you are Mine, and I have created 
you for a purpose. So walk in it.