A couple of weeks ago I referenced my “Golfer’s Bible”. I think I’m going to stay with this theme and share something I read in this bible today. It was an insert titled “Living with a Purpose”.Let’s dream for a few minutes. Imagine you are getting ready to play a beautiful golf course. The tee boxes are perfectly manicured, the fairways green and lush, the bunkers full of pristine white sand neatly raked, the greens hard and fast and each hole has a spectacular view. You know from the drive up to the course that today’s round is going to be challenging, but fair.You have completed your warm up and now ready for the 1st tee. You tee up the ball, make a couple of practices swings and now you are focused on nothing but putting the ball in the fairway. Knees bent, head down, nice turn, smooth tempo and “YES” you are off the tee and the ball is rising in the air with great force and it rest in the middle of the fairway. After your second shot you approach the green and notice there is no flag. Upon further analysis you find the green does not even have a hole. The same thing happens on the 2nd and 3rd holes. You realize now you are on one of the most beautiful pieces of land on earth, a perfect golf course, yet there are no targets. Despite its beauty, this course is devoid of purpose and meaning; it leaves you with an empty feeling. Nobody can win, there is no way to keep score. Now wake up. Playing a golf course without holes is like living life without a purpose. Life without a purpose would be chaos. Millions of people live like this today. For me to think about this, living life without a purpose is not worth living. If you have nothing to look forward to beyond the “here and now” then I would chose to just throw in the towel. But, the good news is we all have a purpose for living and that purpose is to know God and to make him the target in our life. Every, who has a personal relationship with God, is a winner!!
Keep it in the fairway.
Chris
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Great post, Chris! I think the biggest challenge is figuring out what this looks like concretely. This sense of purpose is what I believe everyone is looking for. Unfortunately, some people seek answers in destructive ways. Other seek them in seemingly healthy ways (work, volunteering, even church) that can become unhealthy if they are the end in themselves. You are 110% correct that our purpose is to seek and know God. Thanks for reminding and inspiring me, Chris!
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