We all want to live meaningful lives, but it’s hard to know what that means. I like to encourage you to seek to understand rather than sacrifice your life without meaning.
Are you feeling frustrated and depressed? Because life feels so difficult that it makes you sick. Maybe all you have experienced so far are pain and disappointments, and now, more than ever before, you seek help and a solution to change your circumstance.
Most people are too busy with their daily lives and they don’t take the time to reflect on what is really important in life. They end up living a life without meaning or purpose. If you’re one of those people who have no idea where their lives are going, this article will help you get clarity on what your life path means for you.
When all that you are is in your routine habits, and no freedom or fulfillment, then you are living a life without meaning. Maybe that is what was shown you, this life that you currently live is all you know. You will lose sight of so many other things that is possible if you do not seek to understand.
God created you and I to be creators, this is why something within you keeps telling you, there is more than this and you can have more influence. The current life you have is not the plan of God for you, you deserve more than simulating a robot unable to make conscious decisions.
It is very popularly said that there are three kinds of knowledge.
- what you know
- what you don’t know
- and what you don’t know you don’t know.
This might be you, you’re not sure what your life purpose is. You’ve tried figuring it out on your own, but you haven’t been able to figure it out yet.
Imagine discovering the answers to all of the questions that have been plaguing you for years about why you are here on earth and what your life’s purpose is. Having these answers will help you find meaning in your life and help you live with a sense of direction, passion, and enthusiasm!
When you intentionally seek to understand your life path, you will discover truths and possibilities about yourself and you will be able to answer important questions such as “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” “What do I want from my future?”
By seeking to understand yourself, you’ll gain clarity about who you are. Continue reading and you will learn about what you should do If you have been wondering “to what purpose is my sacrifice”.
Are you resisting help?
What you don’t know, you don’t know and what you don’t understand, you don’t understand. In this unprecedented time of difficulty that we face in the world right now, it is now more important than before, to seek understanding of what you are doing every day of your life, and consciously ask yourself reflective questions like
- Is this going to help me achieve the goal that I seek?
- What else is out there that I do not know about?
- Who can I go to for help?
- What do I need understanding for today?
Choose to know yourself, so that you can grow yourself. Nothing just happens and understanding is not automatic. I want you to know that no guilt or shame is greater than God’s love.
He wants you to intentionally build and create your life and family so that you can have full access to all that he has planned for you. Whether in your relationship, career, health, It is important to seek to understand what you may be doing today that may be resisting God’s help and light.
In my coaching experience with my clients, I have come to recognize so many limiting beliefs that originate from childhood experiences, that can hold a very smart and intelligent person like yourself back. Thoughts like
- I must work really hard to achieve any success in life
- Mistake and failure are bad
- I am not capable
Most times thoughts like these are stumbling blocks to your personal development and growth. They create a resistance to try something new, and until you challenge these beliefs you cannot be a full expression of yourself.
Whatever the resistance is, in your life today, I like you to know that, it’s not your destiny, because you were created for a purpose and you have a chance today, to seek to understand all that you are and all that you are by accepting help from a higher power.
How does a Christian seek to understand?
Understanding starts with your heart and not personal effort. In Stephen Covey’s book, the 7 habits of highly successful people, understanding the other person’s perspective will help them understand you.
Seeking real understanding affirms the other person and what they have to say. And because everybody wants what they want, you have to be intentional and authentic, from your heart.
So it’s not what you do, but how you listen, and what you perceive. You must have a clear purpose for everything you do.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me (unless they are the offering of the heart) says the Lord. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts (without obedience) and I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of he-goats (without righteousness. Isaiah 1:11.
Don’t give up on God. Don’t abandon his call to you now, because when you don’t listen and seek to understand you are pushing help away.
Understand your life path so that you can live with meaning and direction. This is an important part of living a fulfilling and happy life because without knowing why we were put here on earth, our lives aren’t as meaningful as they could be.
Just like how having a plan helps us achieve our goals in business or in school; understanding our purpose gives us guidance when making decisions that affect us now and into the future.
Understanding your own personal values also allows others to better understand who you are as well which makes them more likely to trust and respect you which leads to greater success in all areas of life including career, relationship, business, and health.
Share with a friend or family, one thing you are grateful to God for. As a person of faith, you can have nourishment from the word of God, to help you understand the times, through great power and instinct within you.