Significance - what does it mean? do we need it? how do we get it? At my Bible study yesterday we were discussing the unio mystica - mystical union - that we are one with Christ. It was lesson 8 of Focus on the Family's The Truth Project. The idea of our desire for significance was what was our main source of hinderance to unity - oneness with Christ. We all heard it but I dont think we all believed it or really felt that our significance in Christ is enough. I was thinking about it some more and really believe that when we can see that we are significant because we are a child of The King and that our purpose is to bring glory to Him, we will have that oneness. The more we try to find significance or purpose in anything else, the more we won't find it - our children grow up and seem to not need us, a husband finds it somewhere else, we never get the promotion at work so we get angry, and it goes on and on. If we can see that we are a child of God and really grasp that - what more do we need! Our lives will then be lived in trying to bring Him glory! All we do will be out of love for Him - we will love our children sacrificially, our focus towards our husband will be for his well being and meeting his needs in whatever way we can, we will do our work to the best of our ability without worry of salary increases or promotions. We will support those around us who are getting promoted or doing well without any jealousy or envy. We will want only whats best for those around us because all we do will be done to bring glory to God. Our children will pick up on the fact that God is real to us and all we need and they will probably be more likely to live their lives that way. If they sense that we are constantly tyring to find meaning and purpose elsewhere, I think they will sense that as well and do their own searching out in the world - we can only pray that in their searching they will finally realize what we should have realized from the beginning - God is enough! When we can see how very significant we are in God's eyes, nothing else will matter. Why can't we get it. What does this world have to offer. Just as was said at the Bible study - we are prostituting ourselves anytime we go looking for our significance anywhere else but in God! You are a child of God, the creator of the universe - don't you get it! How much more significant can you get!