Purpose

I decided years ago that I wanted to live a life filled with purpose.  I want to be a world-changer...even if it is just in my little corner of the world.  I want to know that I am needed and have a job to do.  I am always on the lookout for meaning and purpose, which is really why I started writing this blog.  I believe that God created all of us with a desire to have purpose.

Adam and Eve were intentionally created.  God made Adam to be in relationship with Him.  And then God made Eve to be in relationship with Adam.  Jesus said, "The most important [commandment] is this...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.  The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself.  There is no commandment greater than these."  (Mark 12:29-31)  Relationships with God and with each other should still be our purpose! 

What about the things in life that seem to serve no purpose?  I have often felt like trials and tribulations are only keeping me from being useful.  Romans 8:28 says "And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."  That applies to all of us who are Christians.  All of us are called to His purpose.  I can be confident that every difficulty that I face has a purpose in my life and that God will use it for my good.  Neil T. Anderson says in his book Victory Over the Darkness , "People tend to look for quick-fix solutions to difficult situations.  But God's plan is for you to hang in there and grow up." 

It is strangely reassuring to me that even the rough times in my life have a purpose.  I pray for growth and change in my life as I walk in the valleys filled with shadows.  I pray that God will use these times in my life to make me the girl He wants me to be.  I pray that I will not only survive, but my relationship with Jesus will become stronger and closer.  And that is the ultimate purpose!