Our Life Purpose: I Found Mine, What’s Yours?

A few months back I was in a class that required us to come up with a life purpose statement. The goal of the exercise was to help us gain greater clarity about who we are as people and leaders. I confess that though I had come up with a statement during that week of class, I was not fully sold on it, and since that class, I have often found myself asking the Lord why I exist.

On this beautiful Sunday morning as we headed to church to celebrate the Risen Christ, I found myself reflecting on Jesus and reflecting once again upon this idea of knowing our life purpose – Jesus was so resolute in his purposes and so clear about them, that I found my heart longing for deeper clarity.  So I began to write various answers to encapsulate why I exist; and in the course of writing, I wrote something that as soon as the pencil finished the sentence, I knew  it was something I could embrace and be resolute in for the rest of my life.

Here it is:

To live my God-given identity, and help others find theirs.

And my God-given identity that I’m reminded of today (not an exhaustive list) contains the following truths (some my Pastor spoke about this morning):

• It’s in Christ and his birth, life, death, and resurrection that I come to understand my God-given identity.
• I’m the recipient of God’s unfailing love, His extravagant grace, and His power that is greater than anything known to man (Phil 3: 9-10)
• I’m a friend of God and have been bought with a price.
• I’m called, chosen, and empowered to serve God and serve others.
• I have a God-given purpose.

So friends, on this day where we’re reminded of the power of the cross and the hope it offers to every human being, can I encourage you to spend time thinking about the God-vision for your life.

Why do you exist?

Prayer: LORD your words tell us that you can be found by us when we search for you with our whole heart (Jer 29:13-14), so  I pray for each person who is longing and searching for you today, I pray that they would experience your lavish love, your extravagant grace, and your extraordinary power. And may each one come to know their God-given identity. Amen.

Author: Carmen Kampman

The Reverend Carmen Kampman is a woman on the road of leadership. Ordained with the PAOC, she is a steward of God’s call to women in ministry, and the founder of LEAD Women, a ministry equipping Christian women for leadership. She is also VP of Advancement at Horizon College & Seminary, and a graduate student in the Masters of Leadership program at Briercrest Seminary. Through study, discipline, and passionate encouragement, Carmen cultivates the deep wells of God’s grace and invites others to journey with her, to discover for themselves who they are and how God is calling them to where they want to be.