One Thing

I'm currently reading John Piper's "Don't Waste Your Life". I find Piper's materials extremely rejuvenating, fresh and thought provoking to say the least. Yea, I guess you can say I'm lured by the "Pied Piper"... Hur hur hur. Lame.

Anywayyyyyy....

I believe most of us, in one way or another, want to make a difference in this world. Big or small, it doesn't really matter. We long to "stand in between the gap, between the living and the dead". We want to be M.A.D! But what should be the driving force behind this longing? Here's an excerpt I'd like to share, which I think is really captivating and motivating.

"You don't have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them. The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing. If you want your life to count, if you want the ripple effect of the pebbles you drop to become waves that reach the ends of the earth and roll on into eternity, you don't need to have a high IQ. You don't have to have good looks or riches or come from a fine family or a fine school. Instead you have to know a few great, majestic, unchanging, obvious, simple, glorious things - or one great all-embracing thing - and be set on fire by them." (Piper, 2003)

Beautifully written and saturated by a powerful content.
What is this "one great all-embracing thing" Piper's talking about?
Earlier in the second chapter he reveals,

"God created me - and you - to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion - namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life."

I'm at that point in my life where I'm seeking for direction. Right up until now, I still don't know where I'm heading. My career, education, relationship, family - my life. Everything seems so... scattered. Where should I put my feet in? Where should I NOT put my feet in? Or do I just take the plunge? Where am I called to? So many questions left unanswered... As much as I want to make a difference, I don't know where to start. Then it dawned upon me... All we need, I need, is this passion... "a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life".

A passion to make Him famous.

I guess there's a difference between purpose and calling.
As Believers, our purpose are pretty much all the same. We live to glorify Him because Christ was crucified.
Calling? Now, that's a whole different story.
It usually requires a whole lot of waiting.
I'm willing to wait but in the meantime, I'll let the purpose of my being consume me...
I want to be set on fire by them.