God has individually called each of us with a specific purpose—a divine assignment established before we took our first breath. This purpose is built into who we are, showing up in our desires, imaginations, likes, and interests. Our mission is to identify this purpose from within and actively live it out.

God, in His grace, has not left us unequipped. The Holy Spirit, our divine Helper and our power, equips us with gifts, talents, and abilities tailored to fulfill our individual purposes. These gifts give us the ability to navigate our unique paths and contribute to the greater purpose of building God’s kingdom on earth.

Together, our individual purposes form a unified mission. We are called to utilize our diverse gifts as acts of service, meeting the needs of others and embodying the love and compassion of His Son. Our work, whether big or small, is significant, and it contributes to the overall purpose of advancing God’s kingdom.

Bible Verses on Purpose and calling

Psalm 139:13-16: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
Jeremiah 1:5: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24: “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”
Psalm 138:8: “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.”
Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
1 Corinthians 7:17: “Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.”
Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Proverbs 19:21: “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”
Romans 8:28-30: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Proverbs 20:5: “The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.”
Ephesians 4:1: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.”
Philippians 2:13: “…for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Colossians 3:23-24: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
1 Corinthians 1:9: “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
2 Thessalonians 1:11: “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.”
2 Timothy 1:9-10: “He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
Hebrews 3:1: “Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.”