At times in my life I have struggled with what I want to do with my life. I always wanted a wife, kids and a career. I can check those off. I'm a dreamer though and sometimes think I should be doing more. Things like writing a novel, building my company into a Architectural juggernaut or writing brilliant blogs that change the world. When I start thinking like that I sometimes ask, “What does God want me to do?” I'm always glad I ask the question because it knocks me right out of those thoughts.
My answer to this question comes directly from my good friend and pasture Keith Atikinson. We were talking one time and I don't even think we were on the subject of what God wants me personally to do. We were just talking. Keith said people ask him all the time what God wants them to do. He said the answer is always the same. God wants to have a relationship with you. That's it.
God is love and wants us to know that love. To know him. In the process he does want us to become more like his son Jesus Christ. The particulars of what we are doing while we form that relationship with him and transform into the image of his son are of little concern. Both the famous CEO of the Fortune 500 company and the young man that just started in the mail room have equal opportunity to live in love and grow in Christ. The extent of a person's power and affect on other people is a thing of this world not of the divine. The affect our life has on our heart and soul is the biggest question. Is how I am living allowing me to grow toward the image of Christ or is the life I live moving me away from him?
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