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A lot of people today are searching for purpose. We set goals, stay busy, chase progress, but even after all that movement, some still feel stuck. I’ve learned something simple but powerful: you don’t find purpose by looking around, you find it by looking to the One who created you.

Too often, we get caught up in the trap of comparison. We see someone else’s success, their position, their platform, and start thinking that’s where we should be too. We treat their progress like it’s our starting point, and before we know it, we feel like we’re behind. But when comparison becomes the standard, peace and contentment go out the window.

That’s not how God works.

God never told us to measure our lives by what someone else is doing. Purpose isn’t based on how visible or impressive your journey looks to others. Purpose is rooted in knowing who you are in Christ and being faithful to what He’s called you to do.

Ephesians 2:10 says,
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

That means God already laid out the plan. He already prepared the good works. Your role is to walk in them, not chase what someone else is doing, not mimic another person’s calling, but walk in what God has given you.

I always say, you don’t need a platform to be purposeful. You don’t need recognition to be significant. You just need to stay committed to where God has placed you. Whether you’re raising your kids, showing up to work, serving in a small way at church, or encouraging people around you, if you’re doing it unto the Lord, that’s purpose.

So today, I encourage you, don’t look around to define your worth. Look up. Trust that God’s plan for your life is enough. He knows why you’re here. He knows what’s in you. And He knows how to bring it out of you in His time.

You don’t have to chase purpose when you’ve already been created for it.

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