Yesterday I began
a discussion about purpose, and decided to continue on this path today. Think about it for a minute, a life without
purpose makes me ask the question, what’s the point? Look at the last part of purpose’s
definition: the reason for which
something exists. Purpose is the
reason for which something or dare I say someone exists?
I hope if you
have been reading anything I’ve written over the years you have come to realize
I am a Christian. If I’ve been too
covert in my attempt to make people realize this about me, forgive me. I believe in intelligent design, you know how
God created the heavens and the earth, and you and me. He is the master designer of all this world,
and yes for those of you who are of a scientific bent, I also believe in the
big bang theory. I believe God said it,
and “bang” it happened.
Using this as the
premise of what I’d like to discuss today, since God designed everything, and
if He did so then doesn’t it stand to reason He probably gave everything and
everyone He designed a purpose, or a reason to exist?
Take a pair of
snow boots for example. They are
designed to give you traction on snow and ice, and keep your feet warm and
dry. Their purpose is pretty evident in
their design. Now if you saw a person by
the ocean on a sandy beach wearing a bathing suit and a pair of snow boots, it
would probably get your attention. I’m
sure you’d think, what is that guy thinking?
Because the boots were not designed to be worn at the beach, right?
I feel many of us
are like the snow boots at the beach, we do have a purpose but we are unable to
fulfill it because we don’t realize what our purpose actually is. I know for myself, as I said yesterday,
sometimes life gets in the way of living out your purpose.
Have you ever
started to prepare to go on vacation?
You know getting all your ducks in a row at work, making sure your
animals will be taken care of, and arranging for somebody to pick up the mail
for you. Isn’t it amazing how hard we
work in order to be able to leave and go on a vacation? If we’d work that hard all the time, we’d all
probably be millionaires huh?
This may be one
of the best examples of living with purpose I’ve ever seen. Because you have a goal you are reaching for;
your vacation. You work and strive
so hard in order to leave for a few days, all because you have a purpose in
mind. Oh that we could have that drive
and determination every day of our lives.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful?
What I realize is
this, if I can determine (with God’s help) what I have been designed to do
while I live on this planet, then each and every day leads itself to becoming
better and better because I will actually be living in my purpose. I would be following the Master’s design for
my life.
I
ended my blog yesterday with Jeremiah 29:11 where God tells His people He has
great plans for us. I don’t think those
plans involved us just existing day to day, living from paycheck to
paycheck. I believe we’ve grossly
misinterpreted God’s intentions for us on this planet, and we need to get back
to His plans, and His design.
But you might
ask, “Yeah, Dave that’s great and all, but how do I do that?” Well there are many avenues of finding out
those answers, first off I would encourage you to get alone for a time with God
and ask Him. Remember He’s the one who
said in the Bible if any of you lack wisdom ask God. (James 1:5) I’d also like to invite you to visit www.thenobleheart.com , which is run
by a man named Gary Barkalow whose purpose is helping others determine their
calling or purpose. There are many great
tools on his website which will help you.
Before I end this
blog today, I’d like to encourage you not feel as if you are in a bad place in
your life. Feeling sorry for yourself,
or beating yourself up because you aren’t where you feel you should be is never
helpful. Use this time to realize where
you actually are, and then begin to seek God for answers as to how to get where
He wants you to be.
There is an old
saying, “Rome
Strength and
honor for the Kingdom and the King!
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