Is your “check engine” light on?

With newer cars, sometimes a “check engine” light comes on to let us know something is not quite right. What’s needed then is to take your car to a mechanic, who plugs in an analyzer, which indicates what the problem is. Once the problem is located and diagnosed, then a remedy can be applied.

With humans, it is obviously more complicated. Wouldn’t it be convenient for humans to have some way to plug into an analyzer?

With medical issues, the physician seeks a diagnosis (same as the mechanic with the auto); therefore, if we discover the difficulty, we may have a remedy.

Let us consider the innermost being of the human. Our “check engine light” shows up in a variety of ways; what we might call symptoms, or indications that “something’s not quite right.” Just to name a few: a feeling of emptiness; maybe a little frustrated; maybe a little disappointed; not as satisfying as I would like or expected; isn’t there more to life than this; is there a reason for being born or am I just a product of evolution? The list could go on and on.

With great consideration and observation of one of the most renowned persons in history, here is my condensed conclusion.

The famous person I have chosen to illustrate my conclusion is Christ.

1. Did Christ know His purpose in life? Obviously, He did.

2. Did Christ know His assignment? He obviously did.

3. Did He have a vision to guide and direct Him? Yes, He certainly did.

4. Did He reach His destiny? He, Himself, answered this question when He said, “For this cause was I born,” and, “Father, I have finished the work which you have given Me to do,” and, “It is finished.”

In discovering my own purpose in life, assignment, vision, and destiny, my life is up to speed, satisfying, filled with purpose, and I do not have any competition with anyone or anything, because I am one of a kind, and so are you. Yes, I have made my share of mistakes along the way. Nevertheless, I can look back nearly four decades and ask myself, am I pleased with my decision? My answer is most definitely yes.

Ray Ballek

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