Your Purpose Is Bigger Than Your Title
Your purpose is not defined by your title but by the impact you leave on people. When love leads, every role becomes sacred and meaningful.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular; it is why he does it.
A.W. Tozer
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
Daily Vitamin: Purpose shows up in people, not resumes.
Inspirational Story: Purpose is not what you do but what you produce.
Fruit of the Spirit: John 15:13
DAILY VITAMIN
Purpose shows up in people, not resumes.
You don’t need a new role to live on purpose. Purpose is revealed in how people feel after being with you. When love leads, every role becomes sacred and meaningful.
Pray for humility in how you show up today.
Ask yourself how others feel after interacting with you.
Align one task today with intentional love.
INSPIRATIONAL STORY
Your Purpose Is Bigger Than Your Title
Think about the last time someone did something small for you.
Maybe it was a teacher who stayed after class.
A coworker who noticed you were struggling.
A stranger who spoke kindly on a day you were barely holding it together.
Chances are, you do not remember their job title.
You remember how they made you feel.
That is where purpose lives.
Your purpose is not what you do. It is what happens to people when you do it.
We spend so much time asking the wrong question.
“What do I do for a living?”
“What is my role?”
“What am I supposed to become?”
But Scripture keeps pointing us somewhere deeper.
In Matthew 5:16, Jesus says, “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Notice what He highlights.
Not your position or your platform, but the impact your life has on others.
Purpose shows up in people, not in resumes.
You might be a manager.
But your purpose shows up when your team feels seen and supported.
You might be a parent.
But your purpose shows up when your children feel safe, loved, and believed in.
You might be a student, a volunteer, a caregiver, or a leader.
And every single one of those roles becomes holy when it changes someone for the better.
Think about your own life for a moment.
Who shaped you the most?
Who influenced you when you were becoming who you are?
It was not the most impressive person in the room.
It was the most present one.
Presence multiplies purpose.
Jesus Himself is the greatest example of this.
He was called Teacher, Rabbi, Savior, King.
But people followed Him because of how they felt around Him.
Seen, known, restored, challenged, and loved at the same time.
When Jesus healed, taught, or listened, something changed inside people.
They stood taller.
They believed again.
They found hope.
That is purpose in action.
Purpose is the fruit your life produces in others.
This also means something freeing.
You do not need a career change to live on purpose.
You do not need a bigger platform or a louder voice.
You need awareness.
How do people feel after interacting with you?
Do they feel encouraged or diminished?
Seen or overlooked?
Closer to hope or heavier than before?
These are not questions of guilt.
They are invitations to alignment.
Because when you align your gifts with love, your work becomes worship.
Every space you enter becomes sacred when love leads.
So today, shift the question.
Instead of asking, “What am I supposed to do with my life?”
Ask, “What is happening to people because I am here?”
That is where your real purpose lives.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13)
Devotion: Jesus exemplified the greatest form of love by laying down His life for us. While we may not always be called to such extreme sacrifices, we are called to lay down our pride, comfort, or desires to serve and love others.
Action: Pray this today: “God, give me an opportunity to practice selflessness today. Open my eyes to see opportunities to help others even when it’s inconvenient.”
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