PathFinder Ministries

Why are you searching for purpose and meaning?

A - God's #5 purpose for everyone ~ Significance comes from serving others!

S - "...and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel...." Luke 13:5

A - Significance? Isn't that why you are searching for purpose and meaning in the first place? Don't you want to know that your life is/has made a difference in the world and the lives of others? We all have a yearning; a void that must be filled in order for us to feel significant. I pray that you have found the One and only way to fill that need in your life - by accepting Christ as your Savior and allowing Him to show you what He has planned especially for you!

From his best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, pastor Rick Warren sets it straight in the first chapter by stating.."Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead-end! Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope."

Our greatest example of one who served others is Jesus! In our Scripture for today, we see Jesus humbling Himself and washing the disciples feet, a service that many found degrading and disgusting, just hours before He was to be crucified. I don't know about you, but if I was going to be put to death soon, I'm afraid I wouldn't be thinking about washing dirty feet! In Matthew 20:28 - Jesus is explaining His purpose on earth...1) not to be served 2)but to serve others and 3) to give his life as a ransom for many. Are you living out your purpose and finding significance by serving others today?

P - Ask God to show you people or groups who you can serve and in turn, find signficance for your life. Recognize that God has started a good work in you and has not given up on you (Phil. 1:6). Know that you are special, not perfect. Called, not condemned. God's workmanship, not your own. Saved by grace, not by works and planned for a purpose, not just a life!