Friday, September 17, 2021

I Must Have Purpose

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What is my purpose?

To live without purpose is to die.

I must have a purpose for doing a thing or it becomes a useless task, worse than a drudgery, wasted effort, meaningless.

And I can’t live in a state of meaninglessness – it makes me physically sick, exhausted, depressed.

So, in all my efforts that I must do I look for meaning. Purpose. Reality. Identity.

Like climbing a mountain so I can see clearly the view from the top.

Because reality is where I am on solid ground, where I anchor … my strength.

But if that anchor shifts or my solid ground quakes and crumbles, my reality disappears. I lose myself. Then I must go through the pain of searching and grasping for yet another reality.

When Jesus is my purpose, I am finished searching. If I feel my strength give way or my reality fading, I know my feet are in the wrong place. They are not on the Solid Rock. They have somehow slipped off. I look for Him and find Him and gain strength, peace, purpose.

Jesus is my Reality.

Jesus is my Purpose.

I can see my life from the top.

That boyfriend in high school was never my strength. That career was never my identity. That house was never my purpose.

Ever since I gave my life to Him it has always been

Jesus.

 

FMF


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9 comments:

  1. Hi Rachel, I am so grateful we have purpose in and through Jesus. Every day, even in the ordinary and mundane tasks, I often find there was purpose beyond the immediate, and that encourages my heart, filling it with joy. Blessings!

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    1. Amen! Yes, even in little ways we can bless people ... even if they never know it. Having purpose in Jesus means I don't have to worry about competition, performance, success or fame ... So. Much. Peace. Thank you for visiting!

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  2. This is truly our faith - that we root our lives in Him.

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  3. To rely on our own strength tends to lead on a path to chaos with no sense of where you're really going. Jesus is our compass. He gives us the correct direction, and our purpose.

    #FMF Blog: https://thisbrokenclay.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/god-wasnt-finished-with-me-yet-part-two-national-suicide-prevention-awareness-month/

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    1. Yes, amen to that. I was following after all the stuff I thought I was supposed to do ... so much time wasted when I could have been looking to Jesus.

      Thank you for visiting!

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  4. It is not my mansion,
    nor even, now, my Rolls,
    nor closets full of fashion
    that would my meaning hold.
    The bling, oh, yeah, is really cool,
    and I am stylin' fine,
    but I would truly be a fool
    to say all this is mine.
    Sure, it's stuff I can afford,
    but all of it's on loan
    from a dude I call the Lord,
    and that knowledge sets the tone
    to see that life of joyous plenty
    is founded in humility.

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    1. Nice. Thank you so much. Wonderful poem!

      Blessings!

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