Acts 26:16 (New King James Version)
But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to
you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things
which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
Author Joseph Campbell often talked about "following
your bliss." I heard of a bus driver in Chicago who does just that.
He sings while he drives. That's right . . . SINGS! And I
don't mean he sings softly to himself, either. He sings so that the whole bus
can hear! All day long he drives and sings.
He was once interviewed on Chicago television. He said
that he is not actually a bus driver. "I'm a professional singer," he
asserted. "I only drive the bus to get a captive audience every single day."
His "bliss" is not driving a bus, though that
may be a source of enjoyment for some people. His bliss is singing. And the
supervisors at the Chicago Transit Authority are perfectly happy about the
whole arrangement. You see, people line up to ride his bus. They even let other buses pass by so they can ride with the "singing bus driver." They
love it!
Here is a man who believes he knows why he was put here
on earth. For him, it is to make people happy. And the more he sings, the more
people he makes happy! He has found a way to align his purpose in living with
his occupation. By following his bliss, he is actually living the kind of life
he believes he was meant to live.
Not everybody can identify a purpose in life. But when
you do, and when you pursue it, you will be living the kind of life you feel
you were meant to live. And chances are . . . you will be happy.
Dear Lord we pray today that we would be able to find the
purpose in our life. Help us to be able to use that purpose to bring happiness
to those around us and to ourselves. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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