The Point

I have been asking the wrong question for a very long time. What is my purpose? From today I am going to ask "What is God's purpose?". We focus so much on ourselves, how we feel, how our life is panning out, our self-esteem, even what our purpose is, and what we should be doing. I think I may have an an initial inkling of something that I dont quite understand but am excited to find out more. It's nothing new but I often overlook it or fail to grasp its meaning, as the words become meaningless due to familiarity. We are here for God's glory. Everything that He did and does is to restore the right alignment of that to the world. It's one of the last known words of Jesus time on earth, that God would restore His glory (Jn 17:24). Forgiveness, redemption, and all other restorative processes of God are a means to an end - to see the Glory of God. But thats quite a high-brow, out there kind of concept, my prayer today is that God shows me what that means, an inkling of his awesomeness, and gives me the wisdom to break it down into a day to day reality.

My failures, lost dreams and hopes are nothing. It's actually all about Him - and that is very liberating. Any time is a good time to realise that "... it's not about me, and when it is in some measure - about me, it is not about my being made much of by God, but God mercifully enabling me to enjoy making much of Him forever." - John Piper