Find Your Niche

If you had no concern for money, what would you do with your time?  Just thinking about this activity brings a smile to some of our faces.  Does this activity serve others – elevating humankind as a whole?  If the answer is yes, then you can honestly say that your passion has purpose.  It has been said that once you love what you do, you never work a day in your life.  Some of us are blessed to have our passion and purpose aligned which sometimes causes us to spend countless hours on it, yet never having to ‘work’.  This would be heaven on earth!  An actor once said in an interview that his passion was acting and his purpose was to help educate children which he does through his foundation.  In addition to that, the roles he accepts also educate children about life in general – wow, talk about heaven on earth.  He also uses his ‘celebrity’ status to expose the children to things which they would not normally have had the exposure. 

What about you?  What is your passion?  What is your purpose?  Are you willing to make difference before you leave this earth?  What will your legacy be?  Yes, I know I just hurled five questions at you in quick succession; but here is why – I strongly believe with all my heart that we were each sent here with a purpose.  Whatever that purpose may be, it is yours and you should embrace it regardless of what others think of it.  You may be called to be a great mother, wife, doctor, diver, or teacher – and the list goes on – whatever your purpose, do it to the best of your ability. 

Are you willing to embark on a little journey with me?  After you’ve identified your purpose (it may take a little while longer for some), we need to be honest with ourselves.  Are we seeking fame or fulfillment?  We get fulfillment when we identify our niche and fill it – not only are the recipients of our work blessed, but God is glorified and we feel ‘full’.  Some successful people did not set out seeking fame, they just wanted to make a difference and their lives were catapulted onto a world trajectory.   Please understand that nothing is wrong with fame, however, if your motive in doing something is simply for grandiose reasons, it may not be as fulfilling.  Consider the story of King David in 1 Samuel 16 – he had no intentions of becoming a king.  To his mind, his calling was to be a shepherd – which he did to the best of his ability – and because God saw his heart (motive), he became a great King [shepherding] Israel’s people.  Although this was an over-simplification of the David story, read his entire story beginning in 1 Samuel chapter 16, there you will identify both David’s passion and purpose coming into alignment.

Take some time to chew on what has been presented and next week, we will take an in-depth look at identifying our purpose and working towards it.

You know me . . . I’m just thinking.