Years ago, I flew to Colorado Springs and traveled to a retreat and conference center called Glen Eyrie Castle. I was speaking to a group regarding overseas missions. Glen Eyrie is not just a castle. Multiple buildings make up the sprawling estate.

Glen Eyrie is owned by the Navigators, a Christian organization of discipleship. Their mission is “To know Christ and to make Him known, and to help others do the same.” The reach of their discipleship ministry covers college campuses, military bases, neighborhoods, and inner cities around the world. The Navigators was birthed by a man named Dawson Trotman.

In my spare time while at Glen Eyrie, I took a hike to the top of a bluff that overlooks Glen Eyrie. It was on that bluff where I discovered Dawson Trotman’s grave marker. I stopped and considered Trotman’s life. The Navigators was birthed by his initial desire to make Christ known and help others do the same. Trotman’s desire would eventually become a worldwide ministry.

As I paused at Dawson Trotman’s grave, my life experienced one of those reordering moments among several that have taken place in my life. I realized the most important marker in a believer’s life is to live a life that honors Jesus by making Him known and helping others do the same. It’s not about ministry titles or being known by men. It is about being known by God and helping others experience the same. That is the highest calling of any life. It’s a calling that will reorder our lives, keeping our faith simple and focused on the One who matters most.