I grew up in West Africa. When I was 15, I moved back to the state of my birth, Texas. My family started looking for a new church. We had visited several and were now ready to choose between two. One was big with a well-established and dynamic youth group. Perfect for my three siblings and me. The other was new with fewer than 100 members and a youth group of only three. My father gathered us together for the big decision. We went over the pros and cons of each church. Then he said, “It comes down to this. Do you kids want to attend a church or do you want to grow a church?” It was a profound moment in my life. We unanimously chose the latter. My siblings and I joined the other three kids in the youth and we started reaching out. The youth group grew to more than 100 teens during the four years we were there and is still thriving today.

Though I wouldn’t have understood what was happening then, I now realize the purpose God had planted in my heart in that defining moment: Christ wants to grow his church, therefore I want to grow his church. His purpose = my purpose. That’s a great starting point.

When we enter into the life of Christ, not only are we given his belonging, we are also commissioned with his purpose. Christ’s purpose becomes ours. It has been prearranged through our position in him. We are now his ambassadors, charged with facilitating his will to the world. 

“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20a). 

If we want to know our ultimate purpose, then we need to discover Christ’s ultimate purpose.

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