You have probably asked
yourself, What's my purpose?" There has been a lot written about
the church's purpose and a Christ-follower's purpose that you can read. But I
think one of the greatest reasons we don't live out our Godly purposes is that
we are too easily distracted. God is trying to tell us something but we're not
listening. We have a great example by Jesus about keeping our focus
in Mark chapter five.
A large crowd followed and pressed around
him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to
bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal
under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of
getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she
came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she
thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be
healed.”29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that
she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that
power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who
touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against
you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched
me?’ ” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done
it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and
fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole
truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed
you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
Jesus was sent to heal this
broken world. He was so focused on His mission that even in a huge crowd He could
discern a woman of great faith had touched Him for the purpose of getting
healed and as a result healed her. At once Jesus realized that power had gone
out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my
clothes?"
Are you seeking God’s
purpose for your life? Are you proactive in pursuing that purpose or do you let
life’s circumstances distract you? Are you living life with a purpose or are
you merely existing?
“Aim for Heaven and you’ll
get the world thrown in, aim for the world and you’ll get neither.” C.S. Lewis
Loving Jesus means trusting
God has a purpose for your life. Amen?
