Serving or loving, our purpose?

Were we made to serve God or to fall in love with God? So often we run with the first and not the second, if not you then I definitely have!

When we can see that "conversion is a process of self-transcendence... having sought what was merely self-satisfying and comforting, we now seek what is true and good" then I think Paul Oakley's lyrics "It's all about you, Jesus" begin to ring true. As Dean Brackley goes on further "... the first impulse comes from beyond us, and what happens is disproportionate to our efforts ... conversion as falling in love. A powerful new love ignites and works its way through the whole person. It pulls lesser loves into love. ... Being in love gives life a deep sense of purpose."

One of my deepest lessons, of this summer, was a student deciding to stop understanding what faith and spirituality and belief were all about. He instead decided that the love of God was sufficient to give purpose in life. John Piper's assertion that the mission of the church flows from the worship of the people takes on a new light with this understanding. If only we could get the falling in love with God bit right. Sadly I come across so many involved in worship and leadership who have not moved beyond what was "merely self satisfying and comforting" to truly falling in love with God.