Purpose

God created you for a reason. He created you to be special. He created you for a purpose. Imagine that there is no God. Then you were not created for a reason. You aren’t special. You are the accidental, unintentional result of motion, matter, time, and chance. Tim Keller said, “If your origin is insignificant and your destiny is insignificant, which means someday nobody will even remember anything you ever did, have the guts to admit your life is insignificant.

Purpose is one of those words that is always thrown around so much, especially in the Christian circles. It’s hard to know exactly what it means. In our lives it seems like one day you can be in he right place at the right time and other days it’s like you have no idea what you’re doing. I honestly believe that this all correlates with your identity.

Ephesians 2:10 says: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

I just started reading a book written by Tim Tebow called, ‘Shaken.’ He says this: “before you were even born, God wrote a beautiful poem about your life. This masterpiece is about you doing not just meaningless or average things, but good works, wonderful things that make a difference. This means that you are important, significant. You matter!” I don’t know about you but I love that so much. Our lives are literally masterpieces written, designed, and created by God.

I also want to encourage you with this. When your identity is grounded in God, when you trust in Him, you become part of a greater picture. When you do that, you begin to live out that incredible, beautiful poem written by God. When you don’t feel like you know what your purpose is remember that if you have Jesus you have everything.

Tebow concludes the chapter by saying: “Don’t worry about your skills or what you lack. Don’t worry about your past junk. Don’t worry about what you lost. Don’t worry about what lies ahead. Don’t worry about what didn’t happen or what did. Be rooted in God. And watch as he unfolds a plan that has more love, more meaning, and more purpose than you could ever possibly imagine.

~you are loved~