Purpose and Influence

K-Lai — Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:41:00 -0800

“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 (NIV)

Sometimes I wonder what my purpose in life is. God gave each person certain talents, skills, abilities, interests, passions, and all sorts of other neat things so that they would glorify Him in what they do. I look at my life, and I think, where does God have me? I earnestly desire to glorify Him, to worship and praise Him in everything. Yet through the lens of hindsight I still wonder what sort of influence I’m making in people’s lives. Have I ever planted the seed in someone’s life to get them started on their walk towards God? Did I ever water the seed already planted to reinforce the truth they seek? One thing I know for sure – though I may never see the results of my influence, as long as my desire is for God and I keep pursuing Him, there is no way that I could become reclusive or stop being around people. My prayer is that one day I will see how God has touched many people’s lives through me, and that even greater rejoicing will take place when I see it happen. The goal of Christianity is not to win souls, but to worship and enjoy God, and our desire should be that everyone else get in on this excitement.

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