Most of us spend our lives trying to figure out what we want to do instead of what we were made to do.
It is only in finding the answer to the second search that we find true fulfillment.
When you and I have moments that cause us to exclaim, “I was made for this,” we are wise to take notice. Another way of finding our purpose is by asking ourselves what we would do if money and failure weren’t in the way. Too many search for happiness, but purpose is something far deeper than happiness. We find success, and then we settle for it instead of looking beyond mere success to find the higher call that we were made for.
Queen Esther had to answer the calling given to her by God and vocalized boldly by her uncle: “Perhaps you were born for such a time as this.” If we are to live for a higher call than just what we like and what we enjoy and what makes us happy, we must answer that bold declaration, too.
Our times are troubled, no doubt. And it is in these exact times that God has chosen for us to be born. Since we know from Ephesians 2:10 that we’ve been made by God to do good for God, then there is no other time to do that good except for the time in which we live.
True fulfillment will only come when we carry out our God-given and God-designed purpose. The question can’t just be what do we want out of this life, but rather what can we offer in this life? Indeed, it must be for what purpose were we placed in this exact life? Why did God place us in 2021 instead of 1921 or 2121?
[Tweet “The question can’t just be what do I want out of this life, but rather what can I offer in this life?”]To quote the masterful singer/songwriter/theologian/ragamuffin Rich Mullins, “the stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the giver of all good things.” There can be enjoyment in this life, but there can be no fulfillment here. Our fulfillment can only come from a higher call and an obedient yes to the purposes for which we were made.
