Purpose...?

What is your purpose in life?

Simple question right? Or is it?

Is "purpose" different than "goals"? I think so...yet how so?

The question of purpose has been on my mind a lot the last little while...Where does purpose come from? Is it different for each person? Can someone truly be without purpose?

I might just ask questions the rest of this entry, because the more I think about it the more it makes me wonder...

I think when people talk about their purpose in life it is usually talked about in terms of what they feel "they need to do"; what they need to get accomplished. Does this mean that we are defined simply by our drive to "do things"? If so, what happens when those things are interrupted, or cut off all together? Do we cease to have purpose simply because our drive to do things is gone, or because we feel there is just nothing for us to do?....

Or is purpose something deeper within all of us...something that is ALWAYS there regardless of whether or not it is acted upon...Something placed within us when we were created...

Purpose must be part of us...it must be within us, at the core of who we are...but I think we often miss that fact.....We define "purpose" by our "goals"...goals that WE set. But as I said...what happens when those goals change...or seem to disappear completely? Do we cease to have purpose...if so, why continue? What a hopeless thing to be defined simply by the perishable things we pursue!! Yet, this is how we often define ourselves...and granted, it works for many...at least for a time...but if your purpose is completely tied up in the perishable things of this world...what happens when those things cease, and your spirit is left?

What if your purpose is deep within, and always has been from your first breath...or even before??! What if you were created for something so much more than things that perish?! The Bible tells us that we were "created in God's image"....unfortunately, we messed that up with Sin...BUT that never changed the purpose for why you and I were created...we were created to know God, to reflect God....and he made sure that was still possible by sending Jesus...

Eternal Purpose is within you...but it is only made alive through he life of Christ...Purpose is yours today if you choose it...