What do you think is a man’s greatest need? One man said he would like his tombstone to read, “He made a difference.” Every man wants his life to matter. A man’s most innate need is the need to be significant—to find meaning and purpose.

Jesus said, “If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). That is to say, a man cannot find significance in any lasting way apart from Christ. Only when you and I are in Christ, and submitted to God’s plan and purpose, can we go about satisfying our greatest need in a way that endures. Everything else returns to room temperature when we die.

Until every church disciples every man…

Pat

(adapted from the 25th Anniv. Ed. of The Man in the Mirror)