Quotes about Purpose

My purpose is not to attempt an explanation but rather to exhibit once again the Bible's consistent teaching that God is able and does move upon the hearts and minds of people to accomplish His purposes.

George MacDonald: "I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about—born in God's thoughts—and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking.

Make His purpose your purpose.

Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.

It is frequently asserted in the Scriptures that God uses the sinful actions of men to accomplish His purposes.

God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.

it is the ability of God to so arrange diverse human actions to fulfill His purpose that makes His sovereignty marvelous and yet mysterious.

Are we justified in concluding that God always orchestrates the events of our lives to fulfill His purpose? According to Romans 8:28, the answer is a solid yes.

God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.

Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.

He will direct it according to His sovereign purpose for His glory and our good.

The primary purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take.