A debilitating impediment to spiritual growth after coming to Christ is not knowing who we really are in him.  It leads to spiritual lethargy. Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” This disturbing truth carries great significance for us as Christians today. Why am I here; is there a purpose to my life? Many, for one reason or another, do not even bother to ask these questions.

      The result of this crippling “lack of knowledge” is superficiality in relationship with God. A paradigm has arisen in the Church concerning the issue of God’s purpose for our existence. What’s a paradigm? Webster’s defines it as a model for something that may be copied: an example or pattern—a presumed truth we intuitively bank on. We are surrounded by paradigms, but the paradigm of God’s true purpose is the most essential of all. It is fundamental to our life in Christ.

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