One thing that unites us all as human beings is a desire or a craving for significance.
When you search deep down inside of your soul, you will find a deep hunger for significance. In fact, you don’t even need to do much soul searching to discover that craving for significance. Think about today, was there a moment when you wanted someone else to see what you were doing? Did you do something to please someone or to be pleased by someone? All of these are inklings of our craving for significance.
For example, even my act of writing this post or creating this blog hints at my deep craving for significance.
We all have this craving for significance. Some of us ignore it, some of us surpress it, and some of us even flaunt it. I believe that do any of those would be less than human and less than noble. What we need to do is embrace our craving for significance and honestly look at it.
In what one area do we really want significance? Is it in your career? relationships? academics? Let’s get a bit more detailed. What do you really value? What is the desire of your heart? What is the one thing that you want to do on this earth before you die?
When we embrace our craving for significance, look at it long enough, and peel back all of the layers, we see one thing…
…the fingerprint of God.
Welcome to the blogosphere! I think you’ve got a great concept going on here, and I look forward to reading what you have to say.
I think you’re absolutely right when you say we are all motivated by a need to feel significant. So much of what we do, or don’t do, is fuelled by a desire to be somebody, do something, important. But in the act of chasing that significance, we forget that who we are already is enough.
Thanks so much Julia. It’s really great to hear from you. I hope you and Bobby are doing well. 🙂
And I totally agree with your comment that in the act of chasing significance, we forget that we are already significant. It’s about having a real mirror rather than a fake one.
Interesting would you say that this effects our image and treatment of others?
Hey Isaiah,
Yeah I totally believe our craving for significance affects our image and treatment of others. I hope that one day it wouldn’t, and I conciously try not to assume information about others before knowing who they are…but it just sometimes happens. I guess that’s why Jesus talked to us about it.