Getting it Together

For years we have been reading Rick Warren’s book, “Purpose Driven Life”. We not only heard what it was saying, we even had some success at times to apply it to our lives. It’s all true. There is a purpose in our lives, a purpose for every human being who walks in this world. I don’t care where you are from or what you are doing with your life, you do have a purpose under heaven.

I know from experience this journey of discovery if filled with all too many detours. Why is that? Rick told us we all have a purpose. The major reason we never find our purpose is due to life. Life seems to get in the way. Depending on what age we are at, something inevitably gets in the way. For students in school, there are classes, walking home, tv, homework, family, friends, and the electronic age. Young adult also experience life getting in the way. Getting the right job, the right spouse, the right house, the right car, the right kids . You know, even if you have gone through only one of these items. I want you to know that life still gets in the way when you are getting older. Too many doctor appointments for one.

Just a month or so now, I sat, overwhelmed by what was going on in life and mentioned to someone, “Have you ever wanted to just run away?” I didn’t even have the energy to work on a purpose. I’m now past the age of retirement. It’s taken this long to know all this stuff because I found out there is no time in life when life doesn’t get in the way. We have to continually make time so we can discover our purpose. When I seemed to have figured it out, my purpose got up and changed.  What’s with that? 

Here is a verse to help you understand better; Ephesians 5:15-17 ^"Be careful how you live. Not as fools but as people who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity to do good in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do".

Here is the key to unlocking your purpose throughout all of life. Connect yourself to God in Christ and the purpose and your life will join hands. Sounds simple but it’s not and that is because, God has to be in both. It is only after we have learned to join our heart with God’s heart that the light will come on and we will find ourselves basking in the Light of the Son, and we will find our purpose is His purpose in life.

Something to think about

Rob