God has a general purpose for everyone.

There are some things according to scripture that are God’s plan for everyone. For example, God desires that everyone should repent and follow Jesus, obey the commands of His Word, and serve others.

     II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count

     slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should

     perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

     Deuteronomy 4:2, “You shall not add to the word that I command

     you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the

     Lord your God that I command you.”

     I Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,

     as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”

 

God has a specific purpose for every Christian.

God has a plan for each of us to bring Him glory while we are here on earth. Certainly fulfilling this purpose includes His general purposes for everyone. But God does not desire that we should do everything. Jesus Christ while here on earth did not attempt to do everything. He did not go around performing every good work that could be done or that might needed to be done.

“The Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.” (John 5:19) God had specific good works for the Son to do while He was here on earth. Jesus knew and fulfilled God the Father’s purpose for His life.