The problem is, how can I find His plan? It seems so elusive at times. So let's just give some simple things of how you could discover your assignment. Now the first thing to realise, is that it must be possible for me to discover what God wants me to do. It must be possible; and not only that, it must be simple; so I just need to know how that would take place. For example, if you have a look at the life of Jesus, at the age of 12 He turned up in the temple and He said: I must be about my father's business; so at 12 years old, it's possible for you to know your assignment for life. How about that?
Later on, He was able to articulate, and He said: this is my assignment, the spirit of the Lord's upon me. He's anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, restoring vision to the blind, setting at liberty those oppressed, proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. In other words He's saying: I know exactly what I'm called to do, and I know how long I've got to do it. It's quite specific, and at the end of His ministry, He was totally committed to it. He said: my meat, or what I live on, is actually discovering what my father wants me to do, and finishing His work. Finally, when He got to the end of His life, in John 17:4, He says: I've finished all the work You assigned me to do. So in Jesus' model for us, that it's possible from when you're young, to be aware of the call and the work of God on your life; that it's possible for you to identify, and articulate this is what I am called to do with my life; that we need to make commitments for that to happen, or it doesn't just happen; and at the end of your life, you can get to the end of your life and say: actually, all that God wanted me to do, I've done it. Now that's a great thing isn't it? He's the model. He's the example - not someone else down the road. Jesus is the example.
So it raises then, how can we discover what God assigned us to do? I've given a lot of thought about that in the last few months. How can you discover what God has assigned you to do, and I've kind of really got it down under three headings. If you were God, and you have the problem where you've made someone.... We've got a big plan, so we'll work out exactly how he will be, and where he'll be born. Now we've got a job for him to do, or an assignment for his life. How am I going to get the assignment to him? I have discovered that there's probably three ways that happens. Number one, you've got to connect with God, and let Him talk to you, because you'll never discover all the things God has planned for your life unless you're in a place of listening to Him. We'll come back to that in a moment.
Second thing is, God wires it into the DNA of the person, so you have to actually get personal insight to who you are, before you can actually discover your assignment. The third thing is, you must actually purpose to discover it, because I've found that nothing of a spiritual nature just comes easily. You actually have to pursue them, and the Bible says: to seek the kingdom of God first, place it as priority to discover what God has for your life, and then accomplish it.
Now we'll try and get it down to some very simple things, so number one is revelation. So simply, we need the Holy Ghost to talk to us. Let's have a look at a Verse on that, in John 16, Verse 13. This is why the Holy Ghost is so important. I love the Holy Ghost. Somebody's going to break out, and we'll prophesy for some people shortly, but John 16, Verse 13: Now when He comes in the spirit of truth, He will guide you into all truth. So this is the job description of the Holy Ghost. It is to guide you into all truth, and notice what it says: He's not going to say things out His own mind. He says: He will say the things that He has heard. Who's He hearing them from? He's hearing them from the Father. The things the Father's prepared for your life, He shares with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is placed inside you, so He can lead you into the truth about what you're called to do; and notice this - and show you things to come. Well I don't know, maybe you're thinking global events there, and what's the finance market going to do? Maybe we'll just reduce it to something simple like: He can show you what things lie ahead for you in your life, in a way that you could actually start to walk into them. That has to be at least one of the things that He's called to do, so I need to cultivate a lifestyle of listening to the Holy Spirit, who speaks through the word of God, speaks personally in your heart.