Episode Details

Have you ever stood in a moment so humbling you had to ask, "What on earth am I doing here?" Pastor Mike Woodruff kicks off a brand-new devotional series, Made for Something, with a story that's equal parts funny and painfully relatable: failing a board-breaking test at a father-son martial arts class — in front of a room full of parents, after an eight-year-old and a six-year-old both nailed it on the first try.

That embarrassing moment leads to a much bigger question — one you've probably asked yourself too, whether at 2am, on a stifling commute, or in a season where life feels smaller than it should. Mike unpacks what the Bible says about purpose, starting with Ephesians 2:10: "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared for us in advance to do." The takeaway is simple but radical — you are not an accident looking for a purpose. Your purpose was prepared before you took your first breath, and it was designed by someone outside of you, not something you'll find by looking inward.

This is Part 1 of a new multi-week series exploring what it actually means to be "made for something" — and how to discover it.

📖 Scripture focus: Ephesians 2:10; Isaiah's clay and potter metaphor
🎙️ Speaker: Pastor Mike Woodruff
📅 "Made for Something" Devotional Series — a new multi-week journey into purpose and calling

In this devotional you'll learn:

• Why searching for purpose by "looking inward" almost always comes up empty
• What Ephesians 2:10 really means when it says God "prepared" good works for you in advance
• Why the search for meaning is ultimately a search for your Creator
• How Isaiah's picture of the potter and the clay reframes how we think about purpose
• A challenge question to ask yourself: what would your last 30 days say you're here for?

New episodes in this series drop regularly — subscribe so you don't miss the next devotional as we dig deeper into what you were made for.

👉 New to our devotionals? We post short, daily devotionals designed to help you start your day grounded in Scripture. "Made for Something" is a brand-new series exploring purpose, calling, and what it means to be made on purpose, for a purpose.

Frequently asked:
What does the Bible say about finding your purpose? Ephesians 2:10 teaches that believers are "God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance." This suggests purpose isn't something we invent for ourselves — it's something already prepared by God before we were born.
How do I find my purpose according to the Bible? Rather than looking inward, Scripture points us to look to our Creator — the "inventor" — the way you'd ask a potter what a piece of clay was shaped for, rather than asking the clay itself.
What does "we are God's workmanship" mean in Ephesians 2:10? It means believers are intentionally made by God for good works he already planned out, not the product of chance searching for meaning after the fact.

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