A MAN WITH A PURPOSE

“...mine hour is not yet come.”

(Jn. 2:4)

On two other occasions in John’s gospel we find reference to His hour having not come yet. One of the most characteristic traits of our Lord’s life was purposefulness. We hear it in His sayings and see it in His actions. It could truly be said of Him, “He was a man with a purpose.”  

You might say it guided Him in all His decisions and drove Him in all His endeavors. It was evident that our Lord had a definite object before Him at all times. It absorbed His thoughts and He gave His energies to it. When He spoke that His hour was not yet come, He is telling us that every moment His mind was upon this purpose in His life. Every hour to Him, had its appointed goal toward God’s eternal purpose for Him (Eph. 3:11).

Most lives today are lived aimlessly, void of any purpose. They’re tossed to and fro with varying moods and intents. They aim at nothing and always hit what they’ve aimed at! They achieve nothing in life; all their deeds will go up in smoke a the Judgment Seat of Christ. Nothing but ashes to show for a life squandered on nonessentials.

A life with purpose saves one from wasting energy on details that don’t matter and carefulness on small tripe things. Finding and doing the will of God is the only purpose that brings true happiness and worth of soul. Such a man or woman, as James Stalker says of Mary, are “HIGH BORN.”