There is a unique kind of restlessness that stirs within the heart of someone who knows God has a purpose for their life, but hasn’t yet discovered exactly what that purpose is. It’s not doubt. It’s not apathy. It’s a deep, soul-level awareness that your life is meant to glorify the Creator of the universe. Yet you’re still searching for how, in practical terms, to do that.
For many believers, this is a quiet but constant tension. We read Scripture, we pray, we listen. We’re not running from God’s call; we’re doing our very best to be running toward it, urgently, even desperately. But sometimes, it feels like running through fog. You know the direction is right, but you can't quite see what you're supposed to be building, changing or becoming. That’s where I’m at right now. I know God has something greater than I can fathom in store for me, I just don’t know where to put my feet next in order to continue becoming the person He intends.
There’s an urgency in this pursuit, and so far it has been both motivating and exhausting. We’re told in Ephesians 2:10 that we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, “which God prepared in advance for us to do.” That verse alone can ignite purpose in the most weary soul, but it also raises a haunting question: What exactly are those works for me?
It’s tempting to believe that purpose has to be something grand, mission trips, public ministry, founding nonprofits. For some, it is. For others though, it looks quieter. Maybe it’s being faithful in a job that feels ordinary, raising children with intentional love or being a voice of hope in a hurting friend’s life. God’s glory shines just as brightly in these seemingly small moments.
Still, the desire to know, to really know, what we were put here to do can leave us in a place of holy frustration. We want to get it right. We want to move when God says move, speak when He says speak and stay silent when He says wait. But sometimes, He only gives us enough light for the next step.
If that’s where you are too, restless, seeking, not yet seeing clearly, know that we are not lost. We are being shaped in the waiting. The pursuit itself is an act of worship, and maybe that urgency in your spirit is not just about doing something big for God, but about becoming someone through whom God can do anything.
We don’t always need a full map. Sometimes all we need is the trust to take the next faithful step. Maybe, in the end, glorifying God doesn’t always require knowing the full picture, it just requires saying yes to Him each day.