Thirty seven years after their songs 'Takin' Care of Business' and 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' first hit the airwaves, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner (the guys from Bachman-Turner Overdrive) are making music together again. During an interview this past week, Bachman was asked if he thought that the band could still be successful and write hits after so many years. His answer is worth noting. He said, "Do we think that we will get any airplay? I don't know. It really does not matter. We are doing what we were born to do?"

I like that quote for two reasons. First, he has found what he was 'born to do?' That is not always easy in life. Some people jump from one job to the next, move from one city to another, change companies a dozen times before they find something that really fulfils them. It can be tough.

Spiritually, speaking though, it is much easier. In fact, there are only two choices: follow God or follow yourself. The Bible makes it very clear which one we were born to do. "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do? (Ephesians 2:10)."

The second reason I like this quote is the fact that Bachman is not worried about being a success. He is just doing what he thinks he needs to be doing. That was Paul's attitude too. He did not take opinion polls or base his actions on what others thought. In fact, he told the Corinthian church, "I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court ... It is the Lord who judges me? (1 Corinthians 4:3-4). He knew what he was made to do and nothing was going stop him from doing it."

Following God brings meaning and purpose to everything else that we do.

After all, we were born to worship and serve the Lord.