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What’s my purpose in life?
When Jesus recruits his first followers—a close-knit group of small-business owners who run a fishing operation—he dangles his own enticing bait: “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” Like most people, these men identify themselves by their occupation—what we do defines who we are. So Jesus is appealing to the deepest place in their soul—the place where their identity lives—when he offers to reorient their purpose in life. What if, he asks, you could trade your small dreams for a big dream?
What if you were created to be a source, through me, of rescue and redemptive hope for others—to capture them from a dark sea of hopelessness and drag them into a boat of refuge, where they can find the life they were created to live? Our purpose in life is to love God with all that we are, and to love others with the same passion that Jesus has for them. We are all created to “fish for people,” no matter what our particular calling in life is.
When Jesus recruits his first followers—a close-knit group of small-business owners who run a fishing operation—he dangles his own enticing bait: “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” Like most people, these men identify themselves by their occupation—what we do defines who we are. So Jesus is appealing to the deepest place in their soul—the place where their identity lives—when he offers to reorient their purpose in life. What if, he asks, you could trade your small dreams for a big dream?
What if you were created to be a source, through me, of rescue and redemptive hope for others—to capture them from a dark sea of hopelessness and drag them into a boat of refuge, where they can find the life they were created to live? Our purpose in life is to love God with all that we are, and to love others with the same passion that Jesus has for them. We are all created to “fish for people,” no matter what our particular calling in life is.
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Ever wonder “What’s my purpose?” or “Why do bad things happen?” Jesus has answers for these and many more “essential questions of life.” Learn how Jesus unravels life’s biggest questions, and leads you to find your hope, meaning, and purpose in life. (Devotions written by Rick Lawrence; taken from the Jesus-Centered Bible—jesuscenteredbible.com.)
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