What are you driving at?

It’s a common phrase used to try and get someone to say what they really mean.  When you ask a person “what are you driving at,” you’re essential telling them to tell the whole truth.  It’s that moment when niceties are done and you’re ready to get to the point.  In a culture that tends to try and be non-confrontational in discussing difficult topics, it’s a valid question.

It’s also a good question for us.  Not necessarily what we say, but what we’re doing with our lives.  What direction is your life going?  What are you driving at when you wake up and live out your day?  Sometimes we don’t really know.  We might find ourselves living in such a way that we are unclear about our purpose and our goal in what we want to accomplish.  Thankfully, God gives us clarity when we forget.

In 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Paul is addressing Corinth concerning people who had been received mixed messages about what their purpose was as Christians.  Those who still followed the old law were demanding that the law still be followed, even as Christians.  Paul said that couldn’t be, since those who followed the law were blinded by it.  They wore a veil, much like Moses’ veil he wore after returning from the mountain where he had communed with God and didn’t want the people to see the fading glory of God’s presence leave his face.  He told the church:

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

What are we driving at?  What is our purpose?  The Spirit of God leads us towards our purpose if we know what we’re supposed to do.  In short, as we look to Christ, we are being changed from within, from a lesser image of glory found in sin to the greater image of Christ found in His Spirit.  Our goal in life is to be changed into the image of Jesus as we study, serve, and seek the Lord with all our heart.

If we ever doubt our purpose in life, let’s look again to Christ and let following Him be our singular focus.  When it comes to our lives, let’s be very clear:  We’re here to walk and live in the image and glory of Jesus.

                                                                                                            God bless,

                                                                                                            Michael Orr