Pastor Mike Novotny

Have you ever felt like your life lacks purpose? You’re at a job you don’t love, grinding out another shift and hoping for something better to pay the bills. Or you’re the mom who spends all day with the kids and feel like you’re not getting anything done. Or you’re stuck at home with a disability that has no cure. It feels pointless. If there’s a plan, you can’t see it.

But here’s a God-sized promise that I find all over the Bible—you were put in place for a purpose. You might not see it just yet, but God has you in this place at this time for a specific purpose.

Ever read the Bible book of Esther? The name of God isn’t mentioned a single time throughout the whole story, yet you still see the hand of God using everything, even humanity’s sinful things, for a bigger purpose. Paul would later put it this way: “In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). In all things. That includes even your most boring, confusing, and painful things.

Brainstorm with me a bit. What might the purpose of this season be? To keep you aware of your desperate dependence on Jesus? To connect you with a certain person who needs your experience (or your Jesus)? To protect you from a certain temptation?

I don’t know the specifics, but I do know that you were put in this particular place for a divine purpose.