Finding Your Significance
Proverbs 23:7: For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].
Proverbs 4:23: Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 18:24: The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
A long time ago someone wrote a powerful statement about man and God–
A person’s purpose is to know God, worship Him, enjoy Him, and serve Him forever.
Our most innate need is the need to be significant – to find purpose and meaning.
This calls for the pursuit of the God who is, rather than the God we want.
To be significant we must answer two questions –
Who am I? Why do I exist?
When you discover who you are in Christ, you will understand your purpose.
When you are contributing to God’s agenda on earth, you become fulfilled. The essence of who you are is found in your identity.
Whoever you are in private determines your actions and decisions in public.
Every person has to deal with four identities:
1. The person you want others to think you are.
2. The person you think you are.
3. The person you really are.
4. The person God created you to be.
The first three of those identities are determined by the person individually. The fourth is determined only as the person surrenders to the Lordship of Christ.
The process of becoming who God needs you to be includes: studying God’s Word, intimacy in prayer, and continually practicing righteousness.
The most secure and confident people on earth are those who know who they are in Christ.
The key to your future is found in your daily routine.
- With whom do you associate?
- What places do you frequent?
- What things occupy your time?
- What thoughts permeate your brain?
- What words fill your speech?
What you believe shapes your life. Where you go determines your relationships. Your relationships affect your character.
One of life’s greatest treasures is a true friend. Choose your friends carefully since a friend will either add to your life or take away from it.
