The Purpose of a Purpose

  A good portion of my life I have been trying to figure out what exactly is my "purpose in life." It is a good deal like the quest for the holy grail. Everyone has sought it out however no one even knows if the blasted thing even exists. For me this very subject pangs at the deepest part of my being. The part that defines who I am. As a Christian I know I am a new person in Christ upon salvation however I still can't seem to stop pursuing this answer. 

   Why is it that we need to know who we are and what we are made to do? This was exactly the question I found myself asking yesterday that seemed to bring a torrent of other questions springing forth. The funny thing is that for the years I have been trying to figure out this puzzle I never did ask myself why it was that I needed to quest for this goofy answer anyhow. 

  When you consider this a tad more the real issue begins to surface and it stares straight into the core of our humanity, What it is we are really wrestling with is our need to enforce something apart from our creator. "I am this person so I will do what I want to do" is what we are saying. We then need to ponder this as a follower of Christ and ask the question that brings sobriety in a startling way. How is it that Jesus walked in the flesh and gave his entire life and will to God and we are unwilling to follow this path? Ah hah now we really can see this for what it is.. selfishness. 

  With this new found revelation we can go to the original topic that we momentarily swayed from purpose. The newly fashioned definition of this word for the post modern society is will. So as followers is it our will we need to figure out or are we dependent on getting our directions step by step from a supreme leader? We only need to know the next step if we are to try to control it or somehow figure out if we are going to obey it prior to stepping. 

  To end this quest we must then end our wanting to do whatever it is that we want to do in this existence. We do not need an esteem because we are weld in honor by a creator. No need for a will due to the fact that we merely follow orders from our boss above. Alas just like other posts the trick is not knowing the problem it is working out how exactly we are going to comply as giant sin bags. Good luck and may God assist you in your journey.