John the Baptist knew his role in life. John knew exactly why he was here. John’s role was to prepare the way for Jesus. How cool must it be to know your entire purpose in life. Every time John got asked if he wanted to do something, he simply had to check if it was part of his life’s mission. Can you imagine how the conversations must have gone. “Hey John, come and give us a hand building this wall” John pauses for a moment and considers if building that wall is part of preparing the way for Jesus. Then he says. “No thanks, I’m off to baptise some more guys, and tell them about Jesus.” How cool would that be? What if you knew your exact mission in life? Every time a distraction rose up, it would be an instant decision. Mates might try and distract you, with chances to hang around the park, and you would simply think to yourself, does this help with my life mission. And guess what, it might. If your mission in life was to show people who don’t know Jesus, more about him, then hanging around with guys in the park, might be one way of doing that. Life becomes so much simpler when you know why you are here.
