This week I came across a blog that promised I could discover my life’s purpose in 20 minutes.
The method was simple. Take out a blank page. Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?” Then keep writing answers until one of them makes you cry. Apparently, when you get to that answer, you have found your purpose.
Now, I don’t want to be too dismissive. There is something right about slowing down, asking deep questions, and paying attention to what moves us. Most of us probably do not do that enough.
But surely the purpose of your life has to be deeper than whatever sentence you can eventually generate on a blank page.
And when think about this process for a moment, it is not just thin. It is terrifying. Because if the purpose of your life is entirely up to you to invent, then there is no floor underneath you. Our culture says, “The good news is, it’s totally up to you.”
But that is also the bad news. You are now responsible for manufacturing a reason to exist, out of nothing, on your own. And if it doesn’t work out… well that’s on you!
No wonder so many of us feel exhausted, restless, and unsure.
This Sunday we are thinking about “finding purpose in a world full of chaos.” Where do we look when life feels fragile, confusing, or out of control? Is purpose something we have to create for ourselves? Or is there a deeper purpose given to us by the God who made us?
The Bible’s answer is not a technique, a slogan, or a 20-minute exercise. It points us to Jesus. As Colossians 1:16 says, “All things have been created through him and for him.”
If that is true, then our purpose is not found by looking further and further inside ourselves, but by looking to him.
This week would be a great week to bring friends and family who don’t yet follow Jesus.
Grace & peace,
Andrew
eNews - 9th July 2026