Several years ago, Rick Warren wrote a book which had a major impact on our society. People ran to stores to buy it. He was featured on news programs, talk shows and his face graced the cover of magazines. His book became the topic of Sunday School Classes, Life Groups, Men’s and Women’s small group studies, and retreats. His book is still in the top 50 list of all-time best-selling books.

Why did this book take the country by storm? Why did more than 30 million of us buy it? People put other books aside and even took days off of work to read this one. What did he share that was so important? Was it a fail-safe secret to financial success or a guaranteed method for raising our children?

No. He showed us that there is a reason we are here. He led us to find something bigger than ourselves, something that motivated us to get out of bed every morning. We found significance. We discovered we were put here for a reason. We learned our lives were not a series of random events; we were created with a purpose.

If finding our purpose is so important, why don’t we want to provide that same opportunity to those we serve? Isn’t it important for them to discover their purpose? Don’t they deserve the privilege of getting out of bed every morning knowing they were created in the image of God for a reason, or is that only for us? Either we don’t see they have purpose or we don’t care that they have one. It has to be one or the other. If we see their purpose, then we must help them work towards that purpose. Our service has to provide more. No one’s purpose is to stand in line for a box of food.

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