What is Your Purpose in Life?

Photo by Cheryl Williams

I believe we all struggle at times
with finding a purpose in our lives.  I do believe that our main purpose for being on this earth is to share God's love with everyone we meet, regardless of race, sex, financial or social status, sexual orientation...regardless of whatever struggles a person is going through in their lives.  After all, we all struggle with something.  Pointing fingers at anyone else is almost comical to me because I am so full of my own struggles. Why point fingers at a drug addict when I have an addiction myself?  Rather than turning to alcohol or drugs in my loneliness and pain, I tend to turn to a bag of chips.  Is my addiction less "sinful" than someone else's addiction?  No.  Is my addiction less sinful than that of someone who chooses to have an affair or gamble or shop excessively?  No.  Because we are both using something or someone other than God to fill the emptiness inside.

Our purpose is simple.  Love one another.  Be a servant to one another.  In other words, be like Jesus.  This is not easy, to be sure.  After all, Jesus was perfect.  But we must remember that his perfection enabled Him to love us regardless of what we are.  Just think about it.  He is the only one who truly knows who we are.  We cannot hide from him.  No facade we may present to the world can fool the Lord.  He knows every dirty secret, every hateful thought, every selfish desire....and STILL chooses us to be His own.  What love and grace!  What mercy He bestows on us each and every day.  As we draw near and get to know the Lord, He draws nearer to us.

We may not understand everything there is to know about God...and that's okay.  We may not understand why someone we love dies or why a beloved child gets a terminal illness or why we lose our job. But we must trust in God's plan and know that everything works together for good if we love and trust in Him.  We don't always see the big picture, but God does.  He protects us in ways that we cannot even imagine...in ways that we may never see. 

Right now this world is hurting.  This world needs more people whose purpose is to be like Jesus...to love one another and serve one another.  Can you imagine a world like that?  It begins with each and every one of us as we draw nearer to our Heavenly Father.

"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."   Romans 5:8

"So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him."    1 John 4:16