{"id":14857,"date":"2014-07-08T05:12:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2015-01-20T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T21:21:26","slug":"finding-your-purpose-4-surprising-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/finding-your-purpose-4-surprising-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding your PURPOSE: 4 Surprising Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today, I’m sharing with you my thoughts and draft notes as I prepare a talk.<\/p>\n

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If you’re getting stuck and feeling like you can’t find your purpose, or if\u00a0you thought<\/em> you knew your purpose and now you don’t really\u2013don’t worry.<\/p>\n

Although your basic human purpose changes very little, the details can change at different stages in life or in different circumstances. You are normal.<\/p>\n

If you don’t know this bit about the shifts of purpose, you can go through dark periods needlessly and have longer slumps. Well, enough of that!<\/p>\n

The WISP technique is something I came up with to keep me on track.<\/h2>\n

Not that there could be a “technique” per se.<\/em><\/p>\n

Think of it as a rule of thumb or guide, if that helps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a notebook?<\/p>\n

Grab one.<\/p>\n

Purpose – the finding and keeping of it – can be slippery. So, field notes help.<\/p>\n

Keep track of your progress. It gives you a structure and a history to check on.<\/p>\n

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STEP 1<\/h2>\n

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Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does this\u00a0sound a bit odd? Worship.
\nThe more odd it sounds to you as a starting point, the more you need to do it to get properly orientated\u00a0straight-away.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Worship is other focused, by nature. Yes?<\/p>\n

That new perspective alone can help you make a break-through. But, really it’s much more than that at work.<\/p>\n

“As we worship a fundamental shift happens because we remember who we<\/strong> really are.” -LD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At first blush it seems like worship is for God<\/strong>, because\u00a0he is owed our worship. True?<\/p>\n

That’s really only part of it. Let’s dig deeper:<\/p>\n

1. God doesn’t need ANYTHING from us. He’s not insecure.<\/p>\n

2. This means that Worship is to him (or toward him)<\/strong><\/em>, but for OUR<\/em> benefit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To put it simply, God commands us to worship him because he wants it to be well with us<\/span>.<\/p>\n

[He knows we need it. Sure it’s his due, but he’s not an egomaniac. He’s always been taking care of us, even through the vehicle of worshipping him.]<\/p>\n

When we fail to worship God, we start to worship lesser gods, like…ourselves, other mortals, our ambitions, the gods of the secular, dying world, and countless vanities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Astray is where we go without properly directed worship.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Few things can create more clarity than a rightly worshipful heart.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Clarity is a byproduct<\/span> of worship and so are many other positive things I won’t get into this time.<\/p>\n

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Remember what Worshiping God helps us remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n