What is Your Mission?

Do you know that you are here on this earth for a reason?

We were not created by mistake--not one of us.

We do indeed have a mission here.

Many might link 'mission' to their career, their job.

Yet many of us do not hold jobs or careers we feel are important enough to be called our 'mission.' Actually, a so-called important job has nothing to do with why we're here.

In fact, I don't believe we personally determine our mission. We're part of a much bigger plan than our small thoughts can produce. The trick is to know that--to be open enough to allow ourselves to be used in whatever way God lays before us.

After all, God knows the bigger picture.

As parents, we see a bigger picture than our children do because we've had certain experiences that they haven't had. We know of behaviors that won't be good for them in the long run, so we present opportunities in which they might excell. We try to instill good character in our children, and though we may at times think we failed to do that, we hope that eventually our child will remember, and respond to our efforts.

Sadly though, if a child doesn't come around, we sometimes give up.

God never gives up. His effort is always consistent. He wants us for Himself, but He also wants us to want Him. This is our ultimate mission--simply to want Him, to make a covenant with Him. So God hangs around for as long as it takes--waiting for us to "get it."

He is always behind us, longing for us to fulfill the mission created for us, and waiting for us to turn to Him and say, "Here I am, Lord. I want to do your will."

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