Your Calling - Our Main Purpose

Last week, as an introduction to this series, I briefly mentioned that our main purpose in life is to give ourselves entirely to our Lord. Our first call is to a fellowship with Christ.

In his introduction to the Corinthians, Paul explicitly declares that believers are called into fellowship with Jesus Christ. This introductory theme of referring to believers as the "called" continues in Romans,

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. ~1 Corinthians 1:9

And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. ~Romans 1:6

That calling gives us a freedom from sin that lets us live the life for which God has set us apart.

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. ~Galatians 5:13

Your first purpose is to give yourself to God. Finding your purpose on this Earth is only a means to giving yourself even more fully to the Lord. Seeking a role for your life should never get in the way of your primary role, a follower of Jesus Christ. If it gets in the way, it's likely a clear indication that you aren't on the right track to finding that specific role for your life.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. ~Romans 12:1-2

Our purpose is to please God! And we do this by giving up ourselves as sacrifices and by seeking to do God's will. But don't get me wrong. We are not set apart just to follow a set of rules and guidelines that will bring favor and grace from God. His grace and salvation is given freely through a faith in Christ, but with that saving faith comes a transformation or "renewing of the mind". This transformation leads us to a desire to love God and please Him in all we do.