Some time ago I saw the movie "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. These two old guys decided to do all they've wanted to do throughout their lives before "kicking the bucket". All in an effort to find the joy in their lives.
It's a good movie, makes you think about what's important in life and what we've been created to do. Doing things can be fufilling, even things we have been called or destined to do, but how long does this fulfillment last? Are we consistantly fulfilled in our lives or do we just have moments of fulfillment that quickly fade away. As we look at this bucket we call our lives, do we only see what fills it or do we also examine the bucket itself. Hmm,.. perhaps we might find some leaks in it...
All of us have dreams if attaining something, be it physical or emotional, in material wealth or relationships, business or career successes, or maybe dreams of just being free to travel and discover new places. All good things, but as we grow and hopefully mature, we discover what satisfies our souls is not at all what we have, or even what we do. It's hidden in the question of our identity,.. who we are.
I am constantly amazed at how God has created us. We are all vessels, buckets, or as the Bible describes us as jars of clay, that have a desperate need to be filled with something. And an empty bucket is,.. empty. And no matter how much or how often we fill it, a leaky bucket eventually becomes an empty bucket.
Understanding who we are and what we have been created for is the key to keeping our bucket filled. The scripture tells us "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has prepared for us in advance" Eph 2:10.
The Creator holds the key to our design. He has designed us for a purpose and equipped us to live for this purpose. Only when we discover and act according to our design and purpose will our bucket not only hold, but it will overflow...
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