Saturday, January 14, 2017

Your Purpose in Life

What is your purpose in life? Without purpose, your life can easily become confusion. Where there is no goal, there is no purpose. Life without purpose is a wasted life. God calls you from wasted years to a life full of meaning and purpose. Know your purpose in life.

Purpose is more than the daily responsibilities and common tasks that you must fulfill. Look in the right place for your purpose. Look in your heart. What is your passion? What energizes you? What brings joy and fulfillment to your life? God puts purpose in your heart. Live out what God has put in you.

In considering your purpose in life, consider your gifts and talents. God gives you talent and ability to do certain things. God puts good desires in your heart. He gives you the ability to do them. You have confidence in doing them, because God has given you the ability. He wants you to use those gifts and talents to serve others, "having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given us, let us use them" (Romans 12:6).

Your purpose in life should always be what you can do to the glory of God. A life with purpose is not set on selfish glory. Self-promotion will be a dead end. Serving others to the glory of God will bring joy and purpose. Life is a terrible waste without a sense of purpose. Find God's purpose for your life in Christ and service to others, so "do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31).