What's The Point?

Have you ever looked at a weather map in the midst of a major storm? Maybe you lived through a hurricane or a blizzard. All around you is rain or snow. It’s a tremendous sight to behold, but have you ever looked at the radar map of the event itself? Placed where you are in the midst of it. We seem so small compared to what’s going on. A speck of dust on the road. Barely a blip on the radar. As we go through our lives it can feel like that. That our contribution is just insignificant. We don’t have much to add or make better. I mean, what’s the point, right?

It’s easy to be stuck in that pattern of thought. To feel like we can’t make a difference in a world that is bigger than us. And yet, we were put here for a purpose. We were put here to live with intention. And the truth is, as small as we may feel, we aren’t alone. David understood this truth as he led Israel as their king. He knew that he had a purpose, but he knew who was the one who would care it out. In one particular psalm, David wrote the Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands (Psalm 138:8 ESV). David knew that God would fulfill His purpose for David. As He will for each and every one of us. We may be small in relation to the cosmos, but God is infinitely bigger than it all. And He promises to be with us. The Apostle Paul once wrote that we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them (Romans 8:28 NLT).

You were created with intention and crafted with a purpose. Every detail that God designed you with was created with you in mind. You are not small or insignificant when you receive and live out God’s purpose for your life. God has entrusted you with everything you need to fulfill the work He has for you. He promised to be with you. He shows Himself through other believers and reveals Himself by upholding the promises He gives in Scripture. He will be with you always; the God of the Universe, the One who holds it all, promised to be with you and it’s our job to live this life with intention. So, what’s the point, you may ask? To follow what we’ve been called to. To take every passion, talent, resource and position that we have and use it for the glory of the Living God. We are called to more than coasting through life or to put our heads down and trudge through. We are not made to simply survive; we’re called to live intentionally for the purpose God has put before us.