FIND YOUR TRUE CALLING

You are made for a Higher Purpose

ROBERT Clive (1725-1774) was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He began as a writer for the East India Company. Dissatisfied with his salary of a mere 5 pounds a year, he decided to end his life. Clive became so depressed with his desk job he attempted suicide by putting a loaded pistol to his head and pulling the trigger, but the gun failed to fire. Suddenly realizing that God had made him for a bigger task, he joined the East India Company’s Army, and gradually reached the top. Robert Clive went on to become instrumental in establishing British rule in India.

The Quran and the Hadith tell us that if God prevents a task from happening the way you had planned it, it is a clue that He wants you to do something else. A Hadith report says that when God loves a people, He tests them through difficulties. (Tirmidhi)

And why is this so?

It is to make you rethink and re-plan your life. It tells you that He has created you for something bigger than what you are presently involved in. God has not made you to make this world your goal and purpose and to get lost in it. He has created you to worship Him. So, instead of chasing the world, devote yourself to God-realization and inviting people to God.

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Be grateful for the seeming setbacks and problems you face in life. They may be God’s way of telling you that He has some higher purpose for you.

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Moses was brought up in Pharaoh’s palace, but God created such conditions that his stay there could not continue. God had created Moses not to live in the palace, but for a far higher purpose—to invite people to God. So, be grateful for the seeming setbacks and problems you face in life. They may be God’s way of telling you that He has some higher purpose for you.