Would you be satisfied
if your epitaph read: “Joe was devoted husband, loving father, and
excellent professional”? Respectable yes, but I have to admit this
wouldn't be enough for me. You, Joe, and I were designed to be so
much more.
I believe destiny is a
unique calling based on ones spiritual gifts, natural talents, acquired skills,
and vision to use them to glorify God and serve other people. It is one’s preordained future that is revealed by God to man over
the course of his life. Most often, ones inner realizable purpose for life is an exercise of deliberate and
incremental discovery-learning. A calling is distinct, a description of
WHAT one does.
When asked to describe
themselves, most men answer, “I am a professional X.” A man’s identity is
tied to WHAT they do. WHAT, however, is much less important than WHO one
is or HOW one lives. WHO we are has more to do with WHOSE we are.
As for me, I am foremost an adopted son of the God of all creation, made
so by the sacrifice of His son, Jesus. Being a husband, father, son,
brother, friend, co-worker, neighbor, and American are secondary. Yet, of
lesser importance than WHO, is HOW I live – with honor toward people and
professional excellence. WHAT, then, is of third importance. WHO,
HOW, and WHAT – in that order of precedence. Destiny is the God-weaving
of these parts according to His design. The whole being greater than the
sum of its parts. The three in concert, in-tune with the Conductor, is
the masterpiece of His design.
What would be enough
for me? “Scott was an instrument, fashioned by and in-tune with God, and
a pleasant contributor in His orchestra.” Given this high goal, excuse me
while I go practice…
