I used to believe that purpose would arrive with a title,
That one day, I would step into the right role, hold the right position, and finally feel like I had become who I was meant to be.
I thought purpose would look official.
Like a title people could recognise, a role that carried weight.
Like something visible enough to prove that I was walking in what I had been called to do.
I believed that once I reached a certain level, my questions would settle.
I would feel secure, certain.
I would feel like I had arrived.
But you see, leadership has a way of humbling you.
Because titles may open doors, but they do not define the person walking through them.
And somewhere in the responsibility of showing up, leading people, making decisions, and staying faithful in the work, I began to realise something.
Purpose was never the title.
It was never the label attached to my name.
It was in the way I carried love.
The way I approached my work.
The discipline I brought to what was in front of me.
It was in the unseen things.
In being consistent.
In the stewardship.
In the quiet choices that no one applauds.
That was where my purpose was living all along.
Not in my position.
But in my posture.
There is a scripture that comes to mind as I write this:
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord…” — Colossians 3:23
Purpose is not reserved for a certain title.
It is revealed in the way we live.
In the way we show up when no one is watching.
In the way we love people.
In the way we remain faithful in the ordinary.
In the spirit we carry while doing it.
That changed everything for me.
I stopped waiting for a title to validate what God had already placed inside me.
I stopped believing that purpose was some abstract thing waiting in the future.
And I am working to see that it is being formed in my daily life.
In how I work.
In how I serve.
In how I choose to be disciplined, even in small things.
That is what makes purpose become less like a destination and more like a way of living.
A pattern.
A daily expression of what matters most.
I strongly believe that this is the shift some of us need.
We need to stop looking for purpose only in titles and positions.
To stop believing that meaning begins when we finally “arrive.”
Because purpose may already be unfolding in the life you are living right now.
In the habits you are building.
In the way you love.
In the way you serve.
In the faithfulness you bring to the work in front of you.
So maybe the question is not, “What title will give me purpose?”
Maybe the better question is,
“What kind of life reflects the purpose I already carry?”
That question changes the way you live.
Because purpose stops being a label to attain.
And becomes a life to embody
not only in where you are going, but in how you are living today.
Praying that you recognise purpose in your journey,
Nkiruka