Even the greatest and most invincible of leaders eventually reach the end of themselves. We all have an allotment of days, which, when spent, bring us to the end of our life (Psalm 139:16). Some people are satisfied merely with existing. They rise each day to eat, work and sleep. They earn a living, pay their bills, raise a family, and then return to dust. For countless millions of people, this has been the general sum of their lives.
Others have a sense of divine destiny. They believe their life has a purpose greater than merely finding their next meal or paying their bills. There is a reason God chose to place them upon the planet, when, where and how He did. History has largely been shaped by people who chose to live their lives in ways that impacted their world. These people did not want to leave anything on the table when their life was done. They strove to achieve their maximum, God-given potential. They dreaded looking back over their life one day with regret. The world was never the same because they lived.
Moses was such a man. He was not perfect. He made some enormous mistakes. But along the way, Moses came to understand that God had a purpose for his life that was much larger than merely shepherding sheep and providing for his family. There were certain things God intended to accomplish through his life that could change the course of history and impact generations of people to come. As a result, people are being blessed to this day by his legacy. Few eulogies are as impressive as the one Scripture affords to Moses (Deuteronomy 34:10-12). How will your life be summarized one day? Will you have lived your life to meet your own personal needs and wants? Or will you have lived in such a way that God blesses many people through you? Will generations to come continue to feel the impact because you chose to find God’s purpose for your life and then lived your life with wholesale abandon to achieve God’s purposes?